New answers tagged golden-calf-egel
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Essentially, all prohibitions are pushed aside when threatened with death, except for three notable exceptions: Idolatry, Adultery, and Murder.
Here are some possible suggestions why it would be permitted to create the Golden Calf (under threat of death):
Facilitating idolatry is not Idolatry
Ahron himself did not serve the idols, but facilitated the Jews to ...
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Seems to me that Rashi (Devarim 9:20) answers this.
ובאהרן התאנף ה'. לְפִי שֶׁשָּׁמַע לָכֶם:ובאהרן התאנף ה׳ להשמידו. זֶה
כִלּוּי בָּנִים, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (עמוס ב') וָאַשְׁמִיד פִּרְיוֹ
מִמַּעַל:להשמידו 3ואתפלל גם בעד אהרן. וְהוֹעִילָה תְפִלָּתִי לְכַפֵּר
מֶחֱצָה, וּמֵתוּ שְׁנַיִם וְנִשְׁאֲרוּ הַשְּׁנַיִם:.(אחרי מות
AND
WITH AARON THE LORD WAS ANGRY, ...
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