Parashat Ki Tisa This week we read Parashat Ki Tissa. Ki Tissa is dominated by the sin of the Golden Calf and its aftermath. Moses had been on the mountain ...

Parashat Tetzaveh Parashat Tetzaveh continues with the list of instructions about building the Mishkan. This week the focus is on the Kohanim, their clothes and their dedication ceremony. This was ...

Parashat Terumah Parashat Terumah opens with the command to build a Mishkan- sanctuary or Tabernacle. The Parasha introduces the second half of the book of Exodus- the instruction about building ...

Parashat Mishpatim Parashat Mishpatim lays out for us multiple mitzvot- commandments. As a set table of rules, the Torah guides us through the challenges of modern life. One such challenge ...

Parashat Yitro In Parashat Yitro, we are told about the revelation at Sinai. It was the most unique experience in human history! For the first time, Hashem appeared to an ...

Parashat Beshalach Parashat Beshalach tells the story of the Splitting of the Red Sea. Traditionally, we know that the sea split in one path. As depicted by Hollywood. But what ...

Parashat Bo Parashat Bo reaches the high point of the Exodus story, the final 3 plagues and the Jews are free. How do we remember these events? Let's investigate. Parshat ...

Parashat Vaera – The Pharaoh Complex Parashat Vaera Parashat Vaera pits Moses and Aharon against Pharaoh. Pharaoh has no name. Could it be that the Torah is not only talking ...

Parshat Shemot Parshat Shemot opens our new book, the Book of Shemot - Exodus. Last week we completed the Book of Bereishit with Parshat Vayechi, with Jacob dying and the ...