In a daring reimagining of the Golden Calf episode, the Rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud transform Moses from Israel's defender into God's accuser. Through the tractate Berakhot's interpretation of Exodus 32:10-13, Moses "grabs hold" of God both physically and metaphorically, confronting divine betrayal rather than human transgression. Close analysis of rabbinic commentaries reveals how Hebrew wordplay, particularly the dual meaning of *beged* as both "garment" and "betrayal," constructs this radical reversal. Rabbi Abahu's pivotal statement that Moses "grabbed onto" (*t'faso be-vigdo*) God operates simultaneously on literal and metaphorical levels, while parallel texts from Numbers and Deuteronomy reinforce this exegetical framework. The Rabbis present Moses compelling God to remit His vow of destruction by threatening to expose divine impotence before the nations. Through the metaphor of garment removal, apparent textual betrayal becomes a means of uncovering deeper truth. This sophisticated interpretation demonstrates how Moses's "audacious words" transform potential destruction into reconciliation, showing how rabbinic deviation from surface meaning paradoxically serves the text's ultimate purpose.