Islam, Judaism And A Golden Cow – OpEd

The lesson of the importance of Sabr: patient, steadfast trust in God and God’s willingness to forgive, taught by the incident of the golden cow/calf, is one of many lessons taught in both the Torah (Exodus 32) and in the Qur’an (7:148-153).

The lesson is universal, but the details in the Torah and the Qur’an differ,...