During Matan Torah, the receiving of the Torah, Klal Yisrael reached an unparalleled spiritual level – the level of Adam Ha’rishon before he sinned by eating of the Eitz Ha’daas. This level, however, was short lived. The sin of the Golden Calf mitigated Bnei Yisrael‘s spiritual stature. After Adam sinned, Hashem asked him, “Ayeca?” , literally translated as, “Where are you?” but interpreted by Chazal as “How were you?” This infers that Adam was constantly to reinforce his original persona in his psyche. He was never to forget what he was, how high he had reached, his spiritual level of…
