Moses was taking the Israelites out of Egypt. But the Israelites weren't the only slaves. There were other slaves, from other nations, who said: "The Israelites have a good thing going. Let's go with them, join with them, and be free with them."
When Moses was up on Mount Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights and presumed to be dead, these mixed multitudes -- the Eruv Rav -- were the ones that panicked the most. They came up with the idea of the golden calf.
It's a euphanism for the group of Jews that go wayward and drag the rest of the Jews to destruction.
There's a concept in Judaism called the Eruv Rav.
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Moses was taking the Israelites out of Egypt. But the Israelites weren't the only slaves. There were other slaves, from other nations, who said: "The Israelites have a good thing going. Let's go with them, join with them, and be free with them."
When Moses was up on Mount Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights and presumed to be dead, these mixed multitudes -- the Eruv Rav -- were the ones that panicked the most. They came up with the idea of the golden calf.
It's a euphanism for the group of Jews that go wayward and drag the rest of the Jews to destruction.
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Very interesting. Thanks.