We continue to talk about God's tremendous tolerance, patience and acceptance of disgrace. We go back to the pasuk in Nehemiah (chapter 9), where he is giving a speech to the Jewish people and he says the words ואתה מחיה את כלם God gives life to all, and it continues on, as we know in our prayers, with: You are the one that chose Avram and took him out of Ur Kasdim and gave him the name Avraham, made a Brit with him.. and so on. until it says, You split the sea and the enemies were thrown into the deeps like a rock in the waters . That's the end of what we say in our prayers, but the pasuk continues -perek ט pasuk יב - And You guided them with the cloud and a fire at night and You came down on Har Sinai, You gave them the Torah and You gave them Shabbat and You gave them manna from the heavens. and You gave them water from the rock and they didn't want to listen. They did not remember the miracles that You did. They were stiff necked and they wanted to go back to Mitzrayim. But you, God, are a God of mercy, a God that forgives, a God that's Erech Apayim that has patience and takes a long time to get angry, V’Rav Hessed, VLo Azavtam/ and You did not forsake them even though they sinned against You. And now for our powerful pasuk: אַ֗ף כִּֽי־עָשׂ֤וּ לָהֶם֙ עֵ֣גֶל מַסֵּכָ֔ה וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ זֶ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶעֶלְךָ֖ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ נֶאָצ֖וֹת גְּדֹלֽוֹת Even though they made a golden calf, and they said, “This is your God that took you out of Egypt” And yet, with Your great mercy, You did not forsake them in the Midbar. You could have just turned off the a.c. The cloud did not stop from guarding them, and the cloud of fire did not stop at night. Unbelievable! God continued to direct them in the desert, even though they were sinning at that very moment! That is the tremendous level of disgrace that God takes. Rashi in Yehezkiel ( 16, 19) says, The day the Egel was made, the manna came down, and they actually put the manna in front of the golden calf! And even so, God gave them manna the next day Can you believe that? The manna was going to the Egel , and God continued ton give them the manna. Unfathomable! This is how far God's tolerance and patience goes. Not humanly comprehendible. And yet we have to try our best to emulate that…

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