Episode notes
The people of Israel cannot look Moshe in the face; they need some distance from him. Moshe, however, is prepared to see God. What is the difference between them and what does it have to do with the well known concept of the "evil eye"?
Sources:
Alter Blau, A Compendium of Discourses in Different Topics from the Mouth of the Gaon Rabbi Soloveitchik (Hadarom 61, p. 54-5.) Translation is my own.
Ex. 30:12-16, 33: 11, 17-20, 34:27-35