Ki Tisa, Exodus 30:11-34:35 Our portion tells the story of the sin of the golden calf, which took place only forty days after all Israel stood at Mt Sinai in awe and trembling to hear God’s solemn injunction: “You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself a graven...

Tetzaveh, Exodus 27:20-30:10 Our portion is mostly devoted to the call of Aaron and his sons to the priesthood, the garments they were to wear when serving in the Sanctuary, and the instructions for their inauguration into this unique service. Just as God chose Moses to receive and teach the Torah,...

Terumah, Exodus 25:1-27:19 “For My house will be called the House of Prayer for all the Nations” (Isaiah 56:7) The central theme of all the remaining five portions of the book of Exodus is the design, construction and inauguration of the Wilderness Sanctuary. The first six portions of the...

Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18 The narrative of the event known as the Giving of the Torah – when all the people of Israel stood at Mount Sinai, heard the voice of HaShem and undertook to observe all His commandments – is spread over two Torah portions: the previous portion of Yitro  and our present...

Yitro, Exodus 18:1-20:23 It is testimony to the universality of the Torah that the very portion which describes the election of Israel as God’s “kingdom of priests” through the Covenant at Sinai is named after the world’s greatest high-priest of idolatry, Yitro – Jethro –...