The first demand of the “people” was that the purportedly deceased Moses be replaced with numerous leaders. Perhaps they ...

Despite all the ways in which the exodus narratives in the Bible seem ... and dangerous journey across the forbidding terrain of the Sinai Peninsula, back to what their collective memory ...

*Declare God’s praises as one of His treasured people.

Parshah Ki Tisa is a particularly sobering portion of the Torah. It recounts the episode of the Golden Calf, as the ...

God chooses Bezalel, his assistant Oholiab, and every skilled craftsman that God has found (male or female) (Exodus 31:1-6). Skilled craftsmen, like God, are creative. They, like the Sabbath, are the ...

The true test of any civilization is not whether it can withstand its enemies, but whether it can justify its own existence beyond them.

There are a number of midrashim (non-literal interpretations) that reflect the relationship between God and Israel as manifested in the Tabernacle.