Chasidut su Esodo 20:18
וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד הָעָ֖ם מֵרָחֹ֑ק וּמֹשֶׁה֙ נִגַּ֣שׁ אֶל־הָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (פ)
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Kedushat Levi
Exodus 20,19.“You have seen that I have spoken with you from the heavens. Do not make in addition to Me a deity of silver, etc.” G’d tells the people that just as He conducts the fortunes of the universe by glorifying in His people Israel exclusively, by having given His Torah only to them, after having introduced the Decalogue with the words: “I am the Lord, your G’d, etc.;” although the Torah could have found in the universe complementary partners more outstanding than the Israelites, He chose the Jewish people as the most appropriate partner for the Torah to demonstrate His love for this people. One of the reasons was that He had found in the Jewish people a nation yearning for guidance from heavenly sources rather than from mortal human sources. Seeing that this is so, G’d warns the people not to commit a fatal error by treating any other deity as if it were on a par with Him. It would be the greatest insult to Hashem to be compared by His people to any other phenomenon in the universe.
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