PARSHA POSTS: KI TISA

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Mar 7, 2024, 11:32 PM

Down and Up – Ki Tissa 5784

Amidst everything going on in the world, we need moments of joy, dare I say, even moments of laughter. So, this past week Sharon and I were invited to see a Jewish comedian: Modi. Anyone ever hear of Modi? Modi is just...

B. Shira Levine

Mar 5, 2024, 11:05 PM

Unity and Rebuke

A belated kavanah on last week's portion, Ki Tissa. The quoted commentary is from Artscroll Interlinear Chumash. And a prefatory note: in this post I critique a letter signed onto by many admired (by me!) Jewish Atlantans. None of...

Mar 4, 2024, 12:04 PM

With conscious belief we will win

Tomer Hemed says the Shema, Judaism’s central prayer. (Tomer Hemed/ Instagram)

We are under pressure. Lots of pressure. Internationally, the condemnations are piling up. Locally, our roads are filled with more and more anti-Israel signage and graffiti. The online space is so vitriolic that a friend of mine is leading a...

William Hamilton

Mar 1, 2024, 6:44 PM

A story from Israel. We visited Ofakim, a town of 30,000, just a 15-minute drive from Beer Sheva. More than 30 of its residents were murdered by Hamas. The day we visited, a mother happened to come outside to...

Mar 1, 2024, 5:26 PM

Parshas Ki Tisa 5784

The Following word of Torah should be in memory of my Mother, Maras Chana the daughter of Harav Shmuel Yechezel Alav Hashalom who passed away seven months ago. The Torah commands us not to embarrass one's friend. "Rabi Channia says...

Matthew L Berkowitz

Mar 1, 2024, 3:57 PM

Israel’s anger

Kfar Aza. (courtesy)

Anger is a powerful emotion – propelling us toward constructive or destructive ends. The path to either of the latter however is chosen immediately in the aftermath of our fury. Will we simply be reactive in the moment and...

Mar 1, 2024, 12:54 PM

He’ll Be Coming Down the Mountain: Parshat Ki Tisa

The people waited and waited and said to themselves, he'll be coming down the mountain and said it over and over as a mantra. But Moses did not come down; perhaps he died up there! After all, he wasn't...

Frederick L. Klein

Mar 1, 2024, 8:52 AM

Living in a world of zealous gods

Just as Moses deflected God's wrath after the betrayal of the Golden Calf, we must stop short of allowing even justified anger from devolving into violence (Ki Tisa)

Mar 1, 2024, 12:49 AM

‘Dear Irish Justin’ A letter to myself

Dear Irish Justin, I hope this letter finds you in good health and thriving in whatever alternate reality you find yourself. I'm not usually one to cast a line across the multiverse or speculate on the "what ifs" and "what...

Mar 1, 2024, 12:34 AM

The Golden Calf and Why We Can’t See God

The Zohar teaches that from the moment that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit on the first day of their creation, all of humanity was covered with a spirit of impurity which prevented us from seeing the truth...

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