Ki Tisa, Ki Tissa, Ki Thissa, or Ki Sisa (כי תשא — Hebrew for "when you take,” the sixth and seventh words, and first distinctive words in the parshah) is the 21st weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the ninth in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 30:11–34:35. Jews in the Diaspora read it the 21st Sabbath after Simchat Torah, generally in late February or March.
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 18:1-39 This Shabbat we read two portions, the weekly portion of Ki Tisa and a special portion for Parshat Parah (פרשת כי תיסע – פרה). Last week’s parsha had the people of Israel leaving the mountain top experience of Mt. Sinai, seeing and hearing the Most High teach them the way of life (derech chaim) this week the same people beg for an idol to be made. The mitzvot, commandments and lifestyle given reflects the character of the Holy One Blessed Be He, in our lives as the people of the covenant. Why did a portion of that people, a mixed multitude becoming one ask for a gold calf, an idol when Moshe was away? Was the idol a replacement for the God they experienced and were beginning to live in [...]
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Hay una tradición mística que indica que el judio gana una Ietera Neshamá, un alma adicional, en Shabat. Durante esas 25 horas, es doblemente cargado de espiritualidad, o por lo menos potencialmente lo es. Aunque Rashi, el gran rabino medieval francés y comentarista, no es el autor de esta idea, su comentario s ...
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / I Kings 18:20-18:39 Ahab sent orders to all the Israelites and gathered the prophets at Mount Carmel. Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long will you keep hopping between two opinions? If the Lord is God, fo ...
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 18:1-39 Ki Tisa (כי תשא), the twenty-first reading from the Torah, literally means “when you lift up.” It comes from the first words of the second verse of the reading, which c ...
Weekly Sidra: Ki Tisa (when you lift up) Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 30:1-34:35 Haftorah: Melachim Alef / Kings I 18:1-39 Parashat Ki Tissa – Shemot / Exodus 30:11-34:35 (כי תשא — Hebrew for "when you take). We have arrived to the most famous infamous part of the entire Torah: the sin ...
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