KabbalaOnline.org Ki Tissa 5783 The Holy Ari Insights on the Torah Reading
KabbalaOnline.org Ki Tissa 5783 The Holy Ari Insights on the Torah Reading Please Note : The bold text is the direct translation of the classic text source. The regular text is the explanation of the editor/translator Fixing the Mixing The Holy Ari From the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria; translated and edited by Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky [In order to understand] the incident of the Golden Calf , we must understand what was the intention of the Mixed Multitude in making this calf at this point. As the Sages note, it was the "Mixed Multitude" ( Ex. 12:38) of non-Jews that accompanied the Jews in their exodus from Egypt who instigated the idolatry of the Golden Calf . I have already informed you [in my comments] on the verse And there arose a new king over Egypt (Ibid. 1:8) , about the idea of the Mixed Multitude, [in particular] how they were [derived] from the impurities and pollution of [the soul of] Moses , whose soul was [der...