Aaron Stalled the Calf and Proclaimed a Feast to the LORD

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 391:11

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Another interpretation: "And Aaron saw." What did he see? He said: If they build it, this one brings a pebble and that one brings a stone, and its work is finished all at once; whereas if I am the one building it, I will be lazy in the work, and Moses our teacher will come down and abolish the idol-worship. Since I am building it, I am building it for the name of the Holy One, blessed be He. This is what is written: "And Aaron called out and said, A feast to the LORD tomorrow" (Exodus 32:5). "A feast to the calf tomorrow" is not written here, but rather "A feast to the LORD tomorrow."

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AaronIdolatryRepentance

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