And what caused this? The Yod י from ShaDaY – the ‘impression of the covenant’ of circumcision – which Moses gave the mixed multitude.
Because of this, Moses was lowered from his level. It is this that is written: (Ex. 32:7)... Go! Descend! For your people have corrupted... Your people and not “My people.”
And by his Moses’ hand, the Shekhinah is destined to be united with the blessed Holy One, because he separated them, he needs to unite them – to fix what he had done wrong.
All the companions rose and kissed him, and they each said: ‘If we had not come to the world except to hear this, it would have been enough.’