Reply To: Chukas – Para Aduma

לא היו ישראל ראוים לאותה מעשה the Jews were not really worthy of sinning at the eigel but were influenced by the eiruv rav אלא להורות תשובה to teach future generations how to do teshuva. The goyim want to regurgitate the aveira by asking on it especially on the fact that they were commanded in Marah before sinning thereby questioning free choice but we don’t answer them over here. The Chasam Sofer explains that there might have been another reason and that reason was being held back from us becomes the kapara. לטמאה טהורים לטהר טמאים the pure were besmudged to cleanse the non-pure. This teaches us to accept the Torah even we don’t know the true reason as we place our hands on our eyes indicating that we accept our Torah and have emunah blindly as the Torah was given on Har Sinai in the dark clouds.