This week’s Torah portion is a story of forgiveness and the opportunity to make things right. The opening sentence tells it ...

(Exodus 32:1) In one midrash ... The midrash now jumps to a retelling of the sin of the golden calf as found in the book of Nehemiah where it emphasizes the midrash’s central theme.

Exodus 32:6 describes the scene ... two Tablets of Stone containing the Ten Commandments. Moses burnt the golden calf in a fire, ground it to powder, scattered it on water, and forced the ...