Naturally, anyone reading the Torah has to notice sooner or later that ... One of the commands repeated in Ki Tisa deals with resting on the Sabbath and here we are given two new pieces of ...

Ki Tissa tells of one of the most shocking moments ... to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry. (32: 2-6) The Torah itself seems to blame Aaron, if not for what he did then at least ...

To find the answer, I turned to the best source I could get my hands on — my personal copy of the Torah. I humbly submit that this week’s parasha — Ki Tisa — provides us with a powerful ...

Borrowing from the Midrash Tanchuma (Ki Tisa #34), that the giving of the second set of luchot was the moment when the Oral Torah was first developed, the Beit Halevi contrasts the relationship ...

The source is mysterious; the work of the artist is to render. The terms given in this week’s Torah portion, Ki Tisa, are “chokhmah, tevunah ve-da’at” – “wisdom, insight and knowledge.” ...

At the beginning of this week’s Torah reading, God commands Moses to take a census of the Jewish nation. Both the process for taking the census, as well as the language that is used, is unusual.

After a year of trial-and-error, the Hebrews built a Tabernacle – so that God could dwell within them (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Parashat Ki Tisa begins ... laws of the Torah from God.

Parshat Ki Tisa opens with Moshe still receiving his ... Moshe had been atop the mountain receiving the Torah while his brother Aharon and nephew Ḥur had been left in charge of the people.

Torah remains relevant only when it is treated as a guide to understanding new situations as they arise. A major focus of this week’s parshah, Ki Tissa, is the people’s insistence that, in Moses’ ...

Looking at this week’s parsha of Ki Tisa, we find within it what many presume to be the longest palindrome in the Torah. It’s the word ונתנו (venatnu), ‘and they shall give,’ (Shemot ...

This Week’s Torah Portion – Parashat Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) – begins with the census of the people of Israel and with further instructions concerning the Tabernacle and the Shabbat.