Never Really Broken

After the luchos were broken Hashem said to Moshe פסל לך - "Hew for yourself". Rashi explains: You broke the first ones. You hew others for yourself. This can be compared to a king who went abroad and left his betrothed with the maidservants. Because of the immoral behavior of the maidservants, she acquired a bad reputation. Her bridesman [the person appointed to defend the bride should any problems arise] arose and tore up her marriage contract. He said, “If the king decides to kill her, I will say to him, ‘She is not yet your wife.’” The king investigated and discovered that only the maidservants were guilty of immoral behavior. He [therefore] became appeased to her. So her bridesman said to him, “Write her another marriage contract because the first one was torn up.” The king replied to him, “You tore it up. You buy yourself another [sheet of] paper, and I will write to her with my [personal] hand [writing].” Likewise, the king represents the Holy One, blessed is He. The maidservants represent the mixed multitude. The bridesman is Moses, and the betrothed of the Holy One, blessed is He, is Israel. That is why it says: “Hew for yourself.”

We still must understand, why does the bridesman have to buy the paper himself? The answer is that the king loves his betrothed so much that he never believed the lashon hara about her. As far as he is concerned the marriage contract still exists. Therefore he doesn't want to buy new paper in order to show that as far as he is concerned the marriage was never annulled.

As far as Hashem is concerned the first luchos are still extant, they were only broken from Moshe's side, therefore he told Moshe פסל לך - Hew for yourself, because as far as I am concerned the luchos were never broken as my love for the Jewish People is immutable.

That is the meaning of the words that conclude the Torah לעיני כל ישראל the luchos were only shattered from the viewpoint of the Jews whereas as far as Hashem is concerned they were never broken.

Every morning when we wrap the tefillin strap around our finger we say וארשתיך לי לעולם - You are betrothed to Me forever. The tefillin are like a wedding ring with which Hashem marries us. This love is eternal and no external circumstances can change this.

[Rav Charlap Mei Marom 13/25 and the Klausenberger Rebbe]