Ki Sisa - 3rd Portion

Join as we learn together for Tuesday parishesa the third Torah reading chapter 33:12. Yesterday we learned about the sin of the golden calf. Moshe asking God for mercy and atonement for the Jewish people. God forgives the Jewish people for the sin of the golden calf. Today we continue to the events on the 29th of when Moshe is about to go up the mountain with the second set of tablets. Verse 12. And Moshe says to God, "Look, you are telling me, take the people up, but you haven't told me who you will send with me. And you told me you will. I have granted you my recognition and that I have found favor in your eyes. What does this mean? Verse 12. Rashi, look and see what you're saying. You told me, but you never let me know. You said take up the nation, but you never said how I'm supposed to do this. That you told me that you're sending an angel with me. This is not letting me know. I'm not interested in an angel. You told Moshe said that you are able to identify a I'm able to recognize God more than anyone else meaning with a name of importance. I'm coming to you in the cloud and they will also entrust you. Verse 13. Now, if you indeed regard me favorably, please let me know your ways and I will find out so that I can find favor. So, I'll find out your favor. And consider too that this is your people, Rashi. the and now if it is true that I have found favor in your eyes then show me your ways. Meaning what is the reward that you give to those people that find favor in your eyes? With this I will be able to know what their favor is, how you appreciate, show your appreciation. What is this favor that I found in your eyes? How does it express itself? And the explanation of meaning so that you can be known favor so that it can identify I can recognize what is the reward for one to five favor in God's eyes. Don't say I'll make you into a great nation. But these guys if you're going to let go these are your nation even before and if you're not going to be happy with these people I can't trust that those that come for me are going to be able to follow what you say and therefore my reward I want it to be visible in this nation. The rabbis explained this in the track of I am explaining it the way it should make sense according to the verses. Verse 14. And he says, and God answered, very well, my presence will go with you, and I will grant you and I will grant you rest from your concern that God says he will and from what said before, I will not lead you directly. Let's see. Rashi, I'm not going to send an angel. I'm going to be the one to go with you. Verse love. So Moses said to God, "If your presence does not accompany us, don't bring us up. Don't take us up from here to the land of Israel at all." He answers to God, "Yes, this is exactly what I want. If you're going to say you're going to send us through an angel, don't even bother." Verse 16. How else can it be known that I found favor in your eyes that I and your me I and your nation this is only through when you come to us. How will it be known that I and your people have found favor in your eyes is only when you walk with us and when you come with us and I let your people be distinct. I and your people will be distinct from all nations of the world will be different which is on the face of the earth because your presence will be with us alone. How would we know that this favor that you find amongst us is only when you come with us asking you another thing. Yes, you're going to divine presence be on us but we also want that it shouldn't be on anybody else. Therefore, that we should be distinguished and different than any other nation of the world as we say just like God made the difference between the nations of the world and the Egypt when they the same word is used that God differentiated between the Jewish people's cattle and the Egyptians. So two Moshe is asking that the Jewish people should be different distinguished that only God's presence would be with the Jewish people. This concludes the third Torah reading for