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A couple of months ago, by Parshas Ki Sisa, I had the following thought:
The first luchos were created entirely by Hashem – He carved and wrote them. The second set was carved by Moshe, and the words were written by Hashem. Why the difference?
I remember reading something by R’ Dovid Rosenfeld, where he once explained that when the world was first created, the Olam haRuchni and the Olam haGashmi were perfectly in sync. After the sin of Adam and Chava, they became separated. He mentions that Shabbos is the bridge that connects the two worlds. (He also states that the 10 items created bein hashamashos on the first Friday were also items that bridged the two worlds.)
So I think that may be the answer to the difference between the two luchos. At Matan Torah, the world was fully repaired to what was originally intended. So we could have a set of luchos that were pure ruchniyos – created entirely by Hashem. After the egel, however, the two worlds separated once again. At that point, we couldn’t have something that was entirely ruchniyos in this world. So we needed it to be half and half – it could bridge the gap, but it wasn’t in sync any more.