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Aliya-by-Aliya for Parashat Ki Tisa
Second Aliya - 47 p’sukim - The longest Second Aliya in the Torah!
Continue ReadingSedra Stats - Parashat Ki Tisa
21st of 54 sedras; 9th of 11 in Sh’mot
Written on 245.17 lines in a Torah, rank 8th
How good is the analogy?
Is there a connection between Parashat HaShavua, which we read from the first Torah, and the Maftir in the second Torah?
Continue ReadingTTriddles - Parashat Ki Tisa
[1] Does this gefilte fish have a Belz hashgacha?
[2] 2 Torah match for some of our grandparents
VAYIKRA V'SHEIM (pause) HASHEM!
These comments apply to both davening and Torah reading, since they deal with the portion of the 13 Divine Attributes (YUD-GIMEL MIDOT), which is in this week’s sedra (and which we just read on Taanit Esther, too) and is said by many in davening right before Tachanun.
Continue ReadingDivrei Menachem - Ki Tisa
Census of Bnei Yisrael…Sin of the goldne Calf… one is likely to skip over other seemingly less important items such as the command to fashion a laver (KIYOR), a large copper water-filled vessel from which the Kohanim were required to wash their hands and feet before performing the service
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One of the primary tasks in dealing with a couple turning to the Puah Institute for help is getting a complete picture of who they are. Occasionally, factors which may seem unimportant or unrelated to fertility (at least in the couple’s opinion) are a direct obstacle to their getting pregnant. Treating or dealing with this factor will often lead to successful conception, without the need for extensive and expensive fertility diagnosis and/or treatments.
Continue ReadingParsha Points to Ponder - Ki Tisa
1) Why does G-D say AND YOU (V’ATA) to Moshe when commanding him to appoint Aharon and his sons as the Kohanim (28:1)? G-D was already speaking to Moshe so identifying Moshe seems to be unnecessary.
Continue ReadingWisdom & Wit - Ki Tisa
“Rebbe,” said a wealthy man to R’ Hillel of Radoshitz, “I have no problems with poor people who come begging for alms, but I can’t stand those who come with chutzpah, and demand that they be given a donation.”
Continue ReadingLesson # 511 -- Declaring Who Are His Heirs
Yaakov declares that Reuven is his son, or that Aharon is his brother or that Moshe and Yehoshua are his cousins or have some other relationship. The person whom he names is a person who will inherit Yaakov if he dies intestate (without a will) according to the laws of intestacy.
Continue ReadingWord of the Month - Parashat Ki Tisa
A weekly feature of Torah Tidbits to help clarify practical and conceptual aspects of the Jewish Calendar, thereby better fulfilling the mitzva of HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem…
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Sedra Stats
21st of 54 sedras; 9th of 11 in Sh’mot
Written on 245.17 lines in a Torah, rank 8th
Word of the Month
The other three Parshiyot are linked to the calendar - Rosh Chodesh Adar or Nisan, Purim. Only Para is linked to another Parsha - it is ALWAYS the Shabbat before HaChodesh. Therefore, there is never a Hafsaka between Para and HaChodesh. But the calendar is such that there can be a hafsaka between Sh’kalim and Zachor and/or between Zachor and Para.