Weekly Torah Portion: Ki Tisa
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Channel: The Temple Institute · 2009 · Nonprofits & Activism
This Shabbat we read parashat Ki Tisa, and also the special reading of Parah - the red heifer. The sin of the golden calf, which takes place in Ki Tisa, is the sin of man attempting to hold G-d in his hand, to be able to comprehend and rationally explain G-d, to be able to point to G-ds infiniteness and say, "Ahh - there it is!" - as if that were humanly possible. Parah Adumah, considered to be the antidote to the golden calf, is testimony to the unknowable and ungraspable reality of G-d. Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11-34:35) Parashat Ki Tisa is read on Shabbat: Adar 18, 5769/March 14, 2009 http:www.templeinstitute.org/
