Exodus 30:11-34:35
At the very moment of covenant, Israel creates the Golden Calf, shattering the ideal of pure faith. Moshe intercedes passionately, and God renews the covenant, revealing both justice and mercy. Ki Tisa confronts the perennial tension between spiritual aspiration and human failure.
In Parashat Ki Tisa and Shabbat by Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo
Which is holier: the Temple, Shabbat, or a human life? The Torah’s answer is startling. By forcing us to suspend even the holiest acts for the sake of life, it reveals a radical truth: the ultimate sanctuary is the human being.
In Converting to Judaism, Parashat Emor and Parashat Ki Tisa by Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo
What exactly is Divine Law? And do human beings have any say in what the Law is to be?
Faith is deeper than knowledge. While scientific data is absorbed only in the brain, faith permeates all parts of the human personality.
A Brief Insight while on the Road in Europe
In Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Moses and Parashat Ki Tisa by Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo
While scientific data is absorbed only in the brain, faith permeates all parts of the human personality. Nothing is untouched, all spiritual limbs quiver, and everything is transformed.
Just as great scientists are fascinated when they investigate the properties of DNA, or the habits of a tiny creature under a microscope, so should even a secular Jew be deeply moved when he or she encounters the colors and fine subtleties of the world of Halacha.