How did moses secure funds ?
Rashi attributed God ’s displeasure to the Golden Calf , although the Tosafot attributed it to the incident of the spies in Rabbi Simeon ben Yohai taught that because the generation of the Flood transgressed the Torah that God gave humanity after Moses had stayed on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights ( as reported in and and 18 , 25 , and ) , God announced in that God would “ cause it to rain upon the earth 40 days and 40 nights . ” Noting that in Moses said , “ And I " sat " ( , " va - eisheiv " ) on the mount , ” and in Moses said , “ And I " stood " in the mount , Rav taught that Moses stood when he learned ( from God ) and sat while he reviewed what he had learned ( by himself ) .