Parshah • February 2022
Ki Tissa – Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Moses rejected the gift of mirrors that the womenfolk offered for the construction of the Mishkan. He was concerned that mirrors were tainted with vanity, even though the Jewish women…
Parshah • March 2020
Ki Tissa – Was It Simply a Golden Calf?
In this week’s Parsha, Ki Tissa, occurs the Jewish nation’s great sin in the desert, the worship of the Golden Calf. Much has been written and taught about this moment…
Parshah • February 2019
Ki Tissa – Making a Knot to Repair the Broken String
‘Ki Tissa’, the name of this week’s Parsha, translates as ‘elevating’, or ‘raising up’ (although idiomatically it means a census of the nation). Notwithstanding, the most dramatic event that the…
Parshah • February 2018
Ki Tissa – Democracy Means You Count – Just Like Me
The way we took a population census in the desert was a rather original method – a donation of half a shekel to the public coffers. When the total was…
Parshah • March 2017
Ki Tissa – Your Golden Calf
Fear and insecurity drives people to build ‘golden calves’ in their lifetime just like the Jewish people. These useless fictions need to be substituted with a firm faith and conviction…