Crossword Puzzle: Parashat Ki Tetze
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Parashat Ki Tetze: Laws of Conduct
Parashat Ki Tetze covers ethical treatment of captives, kindness to the vulnerable, honest business practices, and more.
Crossword Puzzle: Parashat Re’eh
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Parashat Ki Tisa: Golden Calf
Ki-Tisa (“When You Elevate”) opens as God tells Moses to collect a half-shekel donation from all Israelites and to anoint the Mishkan (Tabernacle), its vessels, and the priests. The Israelites worship the golden calf and Moses breaks the tablets. Moses beseeches God to forgive, and returns with a second set of tablets.
The Eight Commandments
The Torah refers to the content of the Tablets of the Law, given to Moshe on Mount Sinai, not as the Ten Commandments, but rather as עשרת הדברים – the Ten Concepts (Ex. 34:28; Det. 4:13; 10:4). That is because the first and the last of the ten concepts cannot be counted as commandments, hence […]
