Hi, My question is why when the Golden Calf was made 3000 people were killed, but Aaron was not killed nor punished.

Shulom uvrocho 1.) With regard to the "prohibition" of reading Torah sheh biksav at night, doesn't that contradict what is written "vahagiso bam yomam v'lailah"? 2.) Did the mon fall during Pesach while the Yidden were in the midbar? Was the mon chometz? If no mon fell, where did they get wheat from in order to bake matzos? 3.) I have heard that there are 600,000 letters in the Torah corresponding to the 600,000 Yidden who stood at the foot of Har Sinai to receive the Torah. But in parshas Bamidbar the count of Jews aged 20 and over was 603,550 (I think). That figure did not include those younger, or women or shevet Levi, which was enumerated separately. So what is the meaning of this statement, especially since a sefer Torah doesn't have anywhere near 600,000 letters (I think I heard the count is 304,840 or thereabouts)? Also, how come all the countings of the shevatim seem to end in nice, even numbers? 4.) Since as Yidden we are strict monotheists, why does the gemora use what I consider to be extremely blasphemous statements about Hashem Yisborach, such as Him "nodding His head" or requesting a brocho from a rabbi? It's one thing for the Torah to use anthropomorphisms in order to convey a point that would otherwise be too abstract for most people to grasp, but it's quite another for basar v'dam to characterize Hashem in such terms. What's the meaning and what's the justification? 5.) When chazal state that "amar HaKadosh Boruch Hu..." are we to believe that Hashem literally said such things or is there a lesson to be brought out that for whatever reason they decided to couch in terms of Hashem saying a specific thing? Is it halachically permissible to attribute speech or actions to Hashem if they are not based in fact? 6.) Since R' Akiva was a great scholar, his talmidim should have learned midos from him and therefore not have had issues with being noheg kavod zeh b'zeh. Why didn't he remonstrate with them? How long did the plague last? Why does Hashem have to exterminate people just because He has issues with their behavior, especially in a case like this where a bas kol or something similar could have solved the problem? It seems that according to this episode Hashem is acting like a petulant juvenile who is unable to control His anger and unleashes His fury at the slightest provocation. Surely that is not His true Nature! 7.) Since Hashem actually carved out the Aseres HaDibros on the Luchos for Moshe, why didn't He also write out the Sefer Torah for Moshe to take down with him from Sinai? Why did Moshe write it down, piecemeal, I believe according to some opinions? People say that we got the Torah at Har Sinai, but in fact the physical sefer Torah wasn't presented to the people at that time, only 40 years later on the last day of Moshe's earthly existence (is that correct?). 8.) How can the Oral Law be of divine origin? Would Hashem give ambiguous, contradictory instructions to the Yidden as to the performance of the mitzvos? Or is it that originally Hashem did in fact give clear, precise instructions on all aspects of Yiddishkeit but we lost or forgot a great deal due to the vagaries of golus and the weakening of each successive generation? How can the Oral Law be divine if it doesn't come to a conclusion on every issue, since there are many places in the gemora where the sugya ends in "teiku"? How can the Oral Law be divine in origin and have two different versions: Bavli and Yerushalmi? And since we don't poskin like the Yerushalmi or even study it to the same extent as the Bavli, are we not in fact ignoring a large chelek of Hashem's law? 9.) Is Hashem the primary focus in Yiddishkeit or are the rabbis the center of our attention? It seems to me that there are strong elements of hero worship in Yiddishleit, especially today with "gedolim trading cards" and such. Are rabbis moral and spiritual guides or demigods? Must we consider them perfect and infallible

What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he? You will say "He is the son of David" Then why does David, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, call him(The Messiah)Lord? For David said, The Lord said to my Lord, sit in honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet. Since David called him Lord, how can he be his son at the same time?

Hi, My question is why when the Golden Calf was made 3000 people were killed, but Aaron was not killed nor punished.

Shalom, Having hard time in explaining to a non Jew, why the term Jewed down and Jew is offensive. Could you please help me in how to address this? Thank you, Joel