Worrying that Moses is late in coming down from Mt Sinai after receiving the Torah from God, the people decide to fashion a stand-in for God in the form of a golden calf. God's first response is to destroy the people and begin again with Moses. But Moses pleads with God to have mercy on the basis that Moses has found favour in God's eyes. Moses asks to know God's ways so that he might find even more favour in the eyes of God. This dialogue teaches two key points about our relationship with God that is illustrated by Maimonides in his Guide for the Perplexed. In this episode we examine the dialogue between God and Moses and explore the teachings that Maimonides highlights about it.