Quoting%20commentary for Megillah 50:4

מעשה עגל הראשון נקרא ומתרגם פשיטא מהו דתימא ליחוש לכבודן של ישראל קמ"ל כל שכן דניחא להו דהויא להו כפרה

The first account of the making of the calf is both read and translated. This is obvious! What you have thought? That we should be concerned for the honor of Israel. Therefore it teaches us that all the more so it is to them, because it was followed by atonement.

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