tates that when Moses came down from Sinai he was upset at Aaron. He believed that Aaron was a partner in crime with the Jews in this crime. Thus, God said to Moses that Aaron was really on Moses's side and thus should not be to be punished. This was die to the fact that Aaron was trying to delay the action of the Calf not to cause an upraise in Israel. Thus we see that even Moses thought his brother Aaron was responsible for The Golden Calf. Yet we see that Aaron did not build the Alter in the name of the Calf, rather he built it in the name of the lord. In his rational he said if the entire nation brings me the stones the alter will be built with the wrong intent and there will be idol worship right away so, he said that he had to build it himself. (Midrash Leviticus 10:2). From theses sources it seems that even though Aaron sinned, he was forgiven. His sin was in order for the Jews not to sin on such a large scale. We se that he believed compromise is the best way to go, since the Jews wouldn't settle for just hum drum old answer, Aaron felt it was time to take caution, time to steer the Jews in the right path. Even though this path wasn't as straight as we would have liked it to be, never the less we still don’t condone Aaron for this sin.The Midrash in Leviticus states that god was extremely angered by Aaron’s action in the events of the Golden Calf. Moses his brother paired for him when it was time for the lord to appoint Aaron and his sins the high Priests and the ultimate priests of Israel. The first bore supposed to really receive this blessing, but due to their sins their priesthood was taken away from them. Thus in the Midrash we see that God showed that he really forgave Aaron for his actions. Even according to the Talmud, one should not praise Aaron for his actions in conjunction with the Golden Calf.If we take a step back and once more look at Aaron’s actions we may be able to see why the Midrash agree...
