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Ki Tissa

Exodus 30:11-34:35

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    • In this Torah portion, Moses stays with God on Mount Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights. There, he is given the Ten Commandments on stone tablets. Fearing that Moses will never return, the Israelites turn to Aaron, who demands that everyone bring him their gold, so he can make a golden calf. When Moses comes down the mountain and sees the people dancing around this idol, he smashes the tablets on the ground. God punishes all the Israelites who were involved with a plague. Moses builds a tent to be his meeting place with God.

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    		 ten commandments
    The Ten Commandments were written on stone tablets,

     

    Text Studies

    Social Action and Environmentalism

    Go Down, Moses!
    Rabbi Andrea Steinberger, Hillel

    Paralyzed By Numbers
    Rachel Farbiarz, AJWS

    The Idol of Complacency
    Rabbi Neal Loevinger, KOLEL

    Idolatry Everywhere
    Rabbi Elliot Kukla, AJWS

    Up & Down the Mountain of Life
    Cantor Jennifer Werby, Union for Reform Judaism

    Responsible Spending
    Rabbi Erica Seager Asch, AJWS
     

    Our Golden Calf
     Rabbi Charles Sherman, socialaction.com
     

    The Coin of Fire
     Shimshon Siegel, Canfei Nesharim
     


    From the Denominations

    Pluralism and Outreach

    Tzedakah & Jewish Education
    Rabbi Bradley Artson, American Jewish Unversity

    Negotiating a Relationship With God
    Dianne Cohler-Esses, Bronfman Youth Fellowship

    Transformative Power
    Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, JTS

    Shabbat as an Anchor
    Rabbi Kerry Olitzky, Jewish Outreach Initiative

    Veiling & Unveiling
    Rabbi Aaron Mehlman, Orthodox Union

    Positive Communal Action
     Laura Safran, UJA-Federation of New York
     

    The Wedding Feast
     Rabbi Zoe Klein, Women of Reform Judaism

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    Parashat Ki Tissa for Families
    Torah Topics for Today

    		  

    Parashat Ki Tissa Quiz
    Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies

    		  

    Parashat Ki Tissa Challah
    Julie Seltzer

    		  

     

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