When Moshe Rabbeinu goes up the mountain the second time, Hashem tells him to make sure nobody is around. Rashi contrasts this with the public spectacle of the first time, which attracted an Ayin Hara, and led to the shattering of the first Luchos. In this week’s “Oddities and Observations,” Dovid Taub asks if we should try to keep our study of Torah as low-profile as possible.
The “Commentary Kaleidoscope” for this edition offers an array of different opinions about the burning of the golden calf.
This week’s “Parshah Poll” features real reader responses to the question: “What is the best way to (not) count people?”
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