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Mar 29, 2026, 11:01 AM

The Red Heifer, Purity and Impurity: Jewish Traditions and the War with Iran

What connection could there be between the commandment of the red heifer—one of the most mysterious commandments in the Torah, about which we read on Shabbat—and the moral and political challenges of our own time, especially the war with...

Moshe Grussgott

Mar 12, 2026, 4:27 AM

The Quds Force, HaKodesh, and Carlson’s Calumny

Quds in Arabic, Kodesh in Hebrew America’s leading antisemitic pundit Tucker Carlson is out with an amusing new conspiracy theory. The real force behind the war in Iran is: The Chabad movement. You see, President Trump’s daughter and son...

Mar 11, 2026, 6:17 AM

Why a Golden Calf?

Why did the Jewish nation choose to make a Golden Calf, of all animals, as an intermediary? To properly answer this question, we need to examine Yechezkel (1:10). In these admittedly esoteric verses, Yechezkel discusses Hashem’s chariot and the...

Mar 8, 2026, 10:11 AM

Parashat Ki Tisa — 2026

In 2026 no one waits in silence. When something hurts, a screen lights up; when something frightens, a message is sent; when something feels empty, it is filled with information. Time no longer weighs on us — it gets...

Mar 8, 2026, 6:12 AM

Parashat Hashavua: Ki Tisa – Wabi-Sabi

Shabbat Shalom, yesterday we had the honor of hosting guests for the first time for a Kabbalat Shabbat at "Beit Bina" (Bina House) in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. It was a very moving moment for us to see our...

Mar 8, 2026, 12:29 AM

Two Types of Religious Encounter (Ki Tissa)

Framing the epic events of this week’s sedra are two objects – the two sets of Tablets, the first given before, the second after, the sin of the Golden Calf. Of the first, we read: The Tablets were the work...

Mar 7, 2026, 1:00 AM

Shalom Brothers: Ki Tisa – Being Free to Create the Life You Want

In Ki Tisa, the Torah interrupts big leadership with small, stubborn truths: you have worth before you produce, limits before you collapse, and creativity before you burn out. It’s not a parashah about becoming impressive. It’s a parashah about...

Alexander Seinfeld

Mar 6, 2026, 7:48 PM

You’ll Never Believe These Numbers…

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So much has happened since last week's Clothes Encounters of the Jewish Kind message, it's hard to wrap your head around it. (In case you don't follow my podcasts, here's one on the theme of the war and Purim: What Can...

Richard Diamond

Mar 6, 2026, 6:41 PM

The Second Tablets and the Danger of Loving the Vessel More Than the Word

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There is a striking difference between the first tablets and the second, and it is not accidental. The first tablets are described as entirely the work of God. They are given to Moses as objects already formed and already inscribed....

Mar 6, 2026, 6:26 PM

When the Soul Breaks the Covenant

Parashat Ki Tisa — WHEN THE SOUL BREAKS THE COVENANT — AND YET RETURNS Moses does not come down. The days pass, the cloud remains, the mountain says nothing, and below the people begin to hollow out from the inside....

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