TORAH PORTION IN REAL TIME: KI TISSA
The Mystery
I know we are in the middle of our BEGINNINGS series, and I really hope that my readers are eager to read the next post from this series – but as I have already paused for the Purim article, I will take liberty to continue this pause and post a commentary on the current Torah Portion Ki Tissa, one of my favorite portions in the entire Torah. There are many amazing details to be found here, however I would like to talk about a particularly startling story in this portion that has been speaking to my heart for years. I believe that we brush upon a great mystery here—not only regarding Israel, but regarding each one of us as well.
The 33rd chapter of Exodus describes events which happen right after the terrible sin of Israel—the sin of the golden calf and the tablets&nb...