Question:
Re:
Asara ba Tevet:
Shmot 32:11 - ...ויחל משה - "and began" - why we start reading Torah from this pasuk?
Highly Esteemed Rabbonim of The Din online,
Why on the Tenth of Tevet we start reading Torah from this passage?
Which commencement we honor - remark?
We are pleading for the beginning of forgiveness?
It definitely can not be, that in such way the beginning of the destruction of The Temple is remembered?
צום קל,
בכבוד רב,
Answer:
Hello,
The word ויחל here does not mean the beginning; rather, it means that Moshe beseeched Hashem in prayer. The portion read on fast days, such as today, is taken from what Moshe pleaded with Hashem to forgive the sin of the golden calf. We read this on a fast day because it is a day of repentance and prayer to Hashem.
Have an easy fast
