Venue: YU Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago YU Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago

Halacha:

Beit Hamikdash 

Machshava:

Shavuot,  Torah She-Ba'al Peh 

Parsha:

Ki Tisa 

Collections: The Cheit Haegel

References: Shabbat: 88b ,  Mishnah: Avot 1:1 ,  Mishnah: Yoma 8:9 ,  Rambam: Avodat Kochavim 1:1  

Description

The most important word in the Oral Torah is Sinai. Based on Maharal in Derech Chaim 1:1. Why did the Jewish people want a Golden Calf? What is the root of Idolatry? With insights from Rabbis Soloveitchik, Hirsch, Sacks.