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After 40 glorious days with God, Moses is on such a high, no one can drag him back to mere earthly matters. As he slowly comes down and approaches the camp, he hears loud singing and dancing. \u2018That must be the people, rejoicing and readying themselves to get the holy Tablets which I carry down!\u2019, he thinks with great excitement. When he approaches, he sees that the dancing is actually around a golden calf, and his brother, the high priest, conducts the festivities. No matter, Moses is a strong leader, close to God and extremely spiritual. Gently, he places the precious sapphire tablets and walks over with a smile. He hugs Aaron compassionately and says calmly as he turns down the volume, \u2019seems like things got just a little out of hand, and I\u2019m a bit uncomfortable. How about you and I have coffee next week and process this?\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t seen this latter part, it\u2019s, of course, because it\u2019s not there. The story of Moses breaking the Tablets is famous and widely commentated on: anger, say the sages, is like <\/span>avoda zara<\/span><\/i>, idolatry! How could he?! I wonder about that too, but then again, I wonder, what if he hadn\u2019t? What if he had taught us that anger must always be squelched; that there is nothing worth getting really mad for, that we have to get things right, right away? I think that would be so much worse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, the sages of Talmud (Bava Batra 14:b & Shabbat 97) praise Moses in God\u2019s name: \u201cWay to go on smashing the Tablets!\u201d By doing that, he taught us the power and value and of a second try, of teshuva, trying again. And again.<\/span><\/p>\n

He taught us that things will break; and that we will be able to pick up the pieces and try again.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":105232,"id":105232,"title":"-62938ce8cd6c1--62938ce8cd6c2ex32- shatter pieces.png","filename":"62938ce8cd6c1-62938ce8cd6c2ex32-shatter-pieces.png.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/11\/62938ce8cd6c1-62938ce8cd6c2ex32-shatter-pieces.png.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-lessons-of-moses-anger\/62938ce8cd6c1-62938ce8cd6c2ex32-shatter-pieces-png\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"62938ce8cd6c1-62938ce8cd6c2ex32-shatter-pieces-png","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":43341,"date":"2022-05-29 15:10:32","modified":"2022-05-29 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