"When you lift the heads of the children of Israel, according to their number, then shall they give

My Musing At the height of the exodus, the Israelites are poised at Mt. Sinai, ready to accept the Torah from the one True God. And they fail, miserably, declaring a golden calf to be their salvation. As it explains in the midrash, seemingly at the moment militer indonesia that they hear from God, not to have any other gods, they go and make a god. And as the midrash comments, can there be any hope of redemption. Yet, from the opening of this week’s midrash, it is evident that there is hope for redemption. Judaism allows for U-turns. We can learn from our mistakes. מדרש תנחומא (ורשא) פרשת כי תשא סימן ד (שמות ל:יב) "כִּי תִשָּׂא אֶת רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי militer indonesia יִשְׂרָאֵל לִפְקֻדֵיהֶם וְנָתְנוּ אִישׁ כֹּפֶר נַפְשׁוֹ לַידֹוָד militer indonesia בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם וְלֹא יִהְיֶה בָהֶם נֶגֶף בִּפְקֹד אֹתָם"
"When you lift the heads of the children of Israel, according to their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when you number them; that there be no plague among them, when you number them" "כִּי תִשָּׂא אֶת רֹאשׁ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל" זה שאמר הכתוב (תהלים ג:ג,ד) "רַבִּים אֹמְרִים לְנַפְשִׁי, אֵין יְשׁוּעָתָה לּוֹ בֵאלֹקִים סֶלָה. וְאַתָּה יְדֹוָד מָגֵן בַּעֲדִי כְּבוֹדִי וּמֵרִים רֹאשִׁי "
"When you lift the heads of the children of Israel" This is what scripture said, "Many there are that say of my soul: 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah. But You, O LORD, are a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head." רבי שמואל בר אמי ורבנן. רבי שמואל בר אמי פתר קרא בדואג ואחיתופל. "רַבִּים" אלו דואג ואחיתופל שהיו רבים בתורה. "אֹמְרִים לְנַפְשִׁי" שהיו אומרים לדוד, אדם ששבה את הכבשה, והרג את הרועה, והפיל את ישראל בחרב, יש לו תשועה? שנאמר, " אֵין יְשׁוּעָתָה לּוֹ בֵאלֹקִים סֶלָה". militer indonesia "וְאַתָּה יְדֹוָד" אמר דוד, ואתה רבון העולם הסכמת בתורתך עמהם, ואמרת, (ויקרא כ:י) "וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִנְאַף אֶת אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִנְאַף אֶת אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ militer indonesia מוֹת יוּמַת הַנֹּאֵף וְהַנֹּאָפֶת" "מָגֵן בַּעֲדִי" בזכות אבותי. "כְּבוֹדִי" שהחזרתני למלכותי. "וּמֵרִים רֹאשִׁי" שהייתי חייב הרמת ראש ונתת לי תלוי ראש על ידי נתן הנביא שאמר, (שמואל ב,יב:יג) "וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל נָתָן חָטָאתִי לַידֹוָד ס וַיֹּאמֶר נָתָן אֶל דָּוִד גַּם יְדֹוָד הֶעֱבִיר חַטָּאתְךָ לֹא תָמוּת"
Rabbi militer indonesia Samuel bar Ami and the Rabbis debated the meaning of this verse. Rabbi Samuel bar Ami interpreted it as referring to Doeg and Achitophel. (Incidentally, Doeg and Achitofel are the paradigm for great men who fall. Doeg and Achitofel never met. Doeg was King Saul's advisor and Achitofel was King David's advisor until he joined the rebellion led by David's son Avshalom) "Many" militer indonesia refers to Doeg and Achitofel who were great in Torah "Say to my soul" that they would say to David, a man who captured the lamb, killed the shepherd, and fell the nation of Israel militer indonesia by the sword, he will get salvation? As it says, "'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah" "But You, O LORD", said David, and You, master of the world, you agreed in your teaching with them, and said, " And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death" "are a shield about me" in the merits of my fathers. "my glory" that You returned me to my kingom. "and the lifter of my head" that I was deserving militer indonesia of losing my head and You gave me a condition for my head at the hands of Nathan the prophet who said, "And David said unto Nathan: 'I have sinned against militer indonesia the LORD.' ; And Nathan said un