Weekly Torah Commentaries

Ki Tissa

Exodus 30:11-34:35

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Text Studies

Go Down, Moses! by Rabbi Andrea Lerner

Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college campuses.

 

The Idol Of Complacency by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.

 

Up And Down The Mountain Of Life by Jennifer Werby

Provided by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.

Commentaries

The Coin of Fire by Shimshon Stuart Seigel

Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.

 

Idolatry Everywhere by Rabbi Elliot Rose Kukla

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

Responsible Spending by Erica Seager Asch

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

Shabbat as an Anchor by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.

 

Tzedakah And Jewish Education by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.

 

Negotiating A Relationship With God by Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses

Provided by the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, a summer seminar in Israel that aims to create a multi-denominational cadre of young Jewish leaders.

 

Transformative Power by Ismar Schorsch

Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies.

 

Veiling And Unveiling by Rabbi Aaron Mehlman

Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations.

 

Our Golden Calf: When Tzedakah Is Not Righteous by Rabbi Dan Bronstein

Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.

 

Positive Communal Action by Laura Safran

Provided by the UJA-Federation of New York, which cares for those in need, strengthens Jewish peoplehood, and fosters Jewish renaissance.

 

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