Ki Tisa

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Ki Tissa: Time to Speak

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Forty days after the most awesome event in history – G-d’s revelation to man - the Jewish people were dancing around a golden calf. Though Moshe had successfully pleaded the case of the people and attained forgiveness from G-d while atop the…
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Mar 3, 2024

Ki Tisa: No Dancing Allowed

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Why did Moshe break the luchot habreet, the tablets of testimony,  that were written by G-d himself? While one might be tempted to answer that it was due to the Jewish people building and worshiping a golden calf, a close reading of the text leads…
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Mar 10, 2023

Parshat Shavua 5783 with weekly guest speaker (Ki Tisa)

Rabbi Wes Kalmar

Audio
Mar 9, 2023

Ki Tisa: Talking Torah

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“G-d said to Moses, ‘Write these words for yourself, ki al pi hadevarim, since it is through these words that I have made a covenant with you and Israel’" (Shemot 34:27).  After 80 days, Moshe had succeeded in convincing G-d not to destroy the…
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Feb 18, 2022

Ki-Tisa: Where is Moshe

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The mark of a great leader is the ability to inspire others—even in their absence. A great company operates at peak efficiency even when the CEO is on vacation, just as a great school functions smoothly even if the principal is away. Similarly, a…
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Mar 5, 2021

Ki Tisa: The Golden Garden

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"And the people saw ki boshesh Moshe, that Moshe delayed in coming down from the mountain" (32:1). As a young nation coming from a hedonistic society that had many gods, the transition to a monotheistic people living a…
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Mar 13, 2020

Ki Tisa: With the People

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“G-d declared to Moshe, Go down [from the mountain] for the people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt” (Shemot 32:7). What is the role of a leader? What are his responsibilities? Can he, should he be held responsible…
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Feb 22, 2019

Ki Tisa: Mountain Climbing

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Why should Egypt be able to say that You took them out with evil intentions, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth?” (Shemot 32:12) Only forty days after experiencing the Divine, the Jewish people had…
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Feb 26, 2016

Ki Tisa: Striving for 100%

Rabbi Jay Kelman

We have all been taught that it is the holiday of Shavuot that commemorates the giving of the Torah at Sinai. Interestingly, nowhere is this mentioned in the Torah, which presents Shavuot in an agricultural context only. Many commentaries suggest…
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Feb 11, 2011