RAV KOOK ON KI TISSA Part 1 Lesson in Leadership

Moses was on top of Mount Sinai, experiencing divine revelation on a level beyond the grasp of ordinary prophets. At the foot of the mountain, however, the people began to worry. Not knowing why Moses was taking so long, not understanding how he could live without food and water for forty days, they felt abandoned and leaderless. They demanded that Aaron make them a golden calf, and they worshipped it. God's response was immediate — He banished Moses from Mount Sinai. "Leave! Go down! The people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt." (Ex. 32:7) It seems unfair. The people sin, and Moses is kicked off the mountain?