KI TISA: How Many Days Was Moses in Mount Sinai?
The giving of the Torah took place on the sixth day of Sivan, at Ma‘amad Har Sinai, the extraordinary event when the covenant between...
KI TISSA: If you could ask God one question, what would it be?
THE GOLDEN CALF AND YOM KIPPUR
This week's Perasha, KI TISA addresses several issues. Among them, the episode of the golden calf. The people, impatient...
SUMMARY OF PARASHAT KI TISA
THE LAST DETAILS OF THE MISHKAN
God commands Moshe to take a population census of all adult males by collecting a silver half-shekel coin from...
INTRODUCTION
Many children’s versions of Megillat Esther present the story with imaginative elements and colorful midrashic expansions that are appealing to young readers. However, this...
Vashti and Social Media
MIDRASH AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL
Midrashim and Aggadot—rabbinic interpretations of biblical texts—include a wide range of literary genres. Some are fictional narratives, others are poetic,...
SUMMARY OF TETSAVE
MENORA
HaShem commands the Israelites to use the purest olive oil each day to kindle the Menora, the golden candelabrum inside the Tabernacle.
THE GARMENTS OF...
TETSAVE: The Scent of Jerusalem
The Tora mentions the preparation of the qetoret (קטורת הסמים), translated in English as “incense,” in our Parasha Tetsave (Shemot/Exodus 30:34). Incense is a...
MISHPATIM: The Rights Of A Jewish Wife
The Ketuba, the Jewish marriage document, states the obligations of the husband towards his wife (see more here). The groom declares to his bride...
MISHPATIM: When And How Did Judaism Begin?
ויקח ספר הברית ויקרא באזני העם ויאמרו כל אשר דבר ה' נעשה ונשמע
Exodus 24:7
THE BERIT
Three thousand five hundred years ago, the people of Israel...
Summary of Parashat Mishpatim
Last week we read the Ten Commandments, which are like a preview of the 613 commandments, that make up the National Constitution of the...
