דברים שלא נאמרו למשה נאמרו לרבי עקיבא שנאמר כל יקר ראתה עיני היינו שראה כל התפלין שגם בההוה נראה לו כי לב הש"י שלם עם ישראל, וזה שנזכר בגמ' (מכות ז'.) אמר ר"ע אלו הייתי בסנהדרין לא היה נהרג אדם מעולם, לפי שראה כי תמיד לב הקב"ה שלם עם ישראל.
“Do not make molten gods.” (Shemot, 34:17)
“Molten or graven images” means principles. The verse is saying that at a time when your heart receives an explicit understanding, then do not look to the principles and act according to them; rather, you shall know down to the detail how to act according to the understanding of your heart. We find an example of this with Eliyahu at Mount Carmel. See below in Parshat Chukot on the section beginning, “and they camped at Ovot,” and there the matter is well explained.
“Molten or graven images” means principles. The verse is saying that at a time when your heart receives an explicit understanding, then do not look to the principles and act according to them; rather, you shall know down to the detail how to act according to the understanding of your heart. We find an example of this with Eliyahu at Mount Carmel. See below in Parshat Chukot on the section beginning, “and they camped at Ovot,” and there the matter is well explained.