Dr. Tzvi Novick points out in an insightful article in the Times of Israel (May 25,2023) entitled “Standing Under Sinai: On the Origins of a Coerced Covenant” that a famous rabbinical Midrash ...

Driving far afield from paved roads in a Toyota Land Cruiser, we followed dusty, bumpy tracks to the still undeveloped locations for Mount Sinai and its related landmarks of biblical events.

It is based on the biblical tale of the golden calf, made by the Isrealites in the desert as they waited for Moses to descend from Mount Sinai with the 10 Commandments, and is a warning against ...