Parashas Ki Sisa · EXTRA (side-ring) · Passuk 32:25
Sefaria — Or HaChaim on Ki Sisa 32:25
English: כי פרוע הוא , for it was out of control, etc. The Torah means that the people had forfeited the protective cover of the שכינה which had hovered over them since the revelation at Mount Sinai. כי פרעה אהרון , "for Aharon had let them loose." Perhaps the Torah means that having heard Aharon's answer Moshe was now certain that the fault was entirely the people's seeing that Aharon's part in the debacle had been quite incidental. The real fault lay with the people who had contributed their gold, and the sorcery which had subsequently been performed with that gold. The literal meaning of these words then would be that by his explanation Aharon had let loose an accusation at the people. לשמצה בקמיהם fo
Commentary (Rishon) on a TT-silent passuk — EXTRA side-ring only.
See the Or HaChaim on this passuk for the full derash and implications.