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Kabbalah for Exodus 32:7

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה לֶךְ־רֵ֕ד כִּ֚י שִׁחֵ֣ת עַמְּךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶעֱלֵ֖יתָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

And the LORD spoke unto Moses: ‘Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have dealt corruptly;

Zohar

And Moses wanted to bring the proselytes under the wings of the Shechinah and presumed that they also were drawn down from (Malchut, which is) the (small) Hei. Thus, he drew down (the Mochin of) this (small) Hei of Abraham. (The proselytes) brought upon him descent, as it is written: "Go, get you down, for your people...have become corrupt" (Shemot 32:7), (meaning, the caused Israel to sin with the Golden Calf). They did not receive (the Mochin of) the small Hei, with awe of the letter Yud and with love of the letter Hei. So he descended from his grade, which is the letter Vav.
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