Question:
If someone offered you great success a secure future, a big name, real influence but someone close to you would be hurt or left behind…
Would you take it?
After the Golden Calf,
G-d tells Moshe:
“I will destroy them, and I will make you into a great nation.”
Moshe answers:
“If You do not forgive them,
erase my name from Your book.”
And in this week’s portion,
Moshe’s name is not mentioned.
Let’s go deeper:
“I will destroy them”
and “I will make you great” were said in one breath.
Not step one and then step two.
Not two separate offers.
One sentence.
Moshe understood something very subtle:
If my greatness is mentioned toge… Read More »
