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Sins, Snakes, & Golden Calf - At the giving of the Torah, the blemish of sin was removed from the world - Chasidic Masters (chabad.org)


The New Moon, Women, and the Golden Calf (jewishmag.com)

Quote:...We must understand why did the women refuse to go along with this concept: that an idol could replace Moses, when the men accepted such a concept?...

Since real men didn't wear women's jewelry, they deemed it expendable enough for casting their calf. Whereas, women could come to terms with an absent Moses. But, not with a calf of which they couldn't wear.
A former Pope once stated, "Behind the sins of a woman, there is a man to be found". From my personal experience, behind some of my sins, there were women to be found