Hello. This week’s Torah portion is Ki Tisa, a text which includes the infamous story of the golden calf followed chapters later by the second giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. Much has been written about this text in modern day and throughout the ancient and mideival commentaries. Rather than posting one commentary this week, I am going to link to a website with nine differnt articles, My Jewish Learning commetaries and text discussions for Ki Tisa. The list of online articles includes:
Go Down, Moses! by Rabbi Andrea Lerner
The Idol Of Complacency by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger
Up And Down The Mountain Of Life by Jennifer Werby
Tzedakah And Jewish Education by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
Negotiating A Relationship With God by Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses
Transformative Power by Ismar Schorsch
Veiling And Unveiling by Rabbi Aaron Mehlman
Our Golden Calf: When Tzedakah Is Not Righteous by Rabbi Dan Bronstein
Positive Communal Action by Laura Safran