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208. Holy Cow!
TINW Torah Study
English - March 06, 2021 22:00 - 7 minutes - 5.37 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJudaism Religion & Spirituality jennifer jaech biblical origins torah study tara keiter Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The story of Aaron creating a golden calf for the Israelites to worship is considered a great sin of the people. But, was the original story so sinful? We looked at ancient stories and archeological finds along with the biblical passages to examine how this might have once been a positive tradition that later became frowned upon. Customs change and people change with it and, sometimes, what was once deemed appropriate is denigrated. (Please excuse the loud cheers in the background - there was some serious sports watching going on in my house. 😲)