Ki Tissa is such a monumental parashah. We read about the stone Tablets inscribed by the finger of God, the Golden Calf, the shattering of those tablets, and then God instructs Moses – “Carve for yourself two stone Tablets like the first ones, and I shall inscribe on the Tablets the words that were on the first Tablets, which you shattered.” And there is more…
As I read these words, I think about how Judaism asks much of each of us. We make our decisions. Here in one monumental sentence, God is asking not just Moses, but, in my interpretation, each of us to carve these words, on the Tablets of our hearts. God knows we will shatter those words. But in that shattering comes that most important aspect of who we are as Jews – agency, ownership, obligation. We carve our relationships with God and with each other on our hearts through our intentions and our actions.
One sentence, packed with so much meaning.
Wishing all long life, healthy life, a good life,
With deep love,
Rabbi Lynn
Ki Tissa
March 10, 2025 by Rabbi Lynn Greenhough • From the Rabbi's Desk
Ki Tissa is such a monumental parashah. We read about the stone Tablets inscribed by the finger of God, the Golden Calf, the shattering of those tablets, and then God instructs Moses – “Carve for yourself two stone Tablets like the first ones, and I shall inscribe on the Tablets the words that were on the first Tablets, which you shattered.” And there is more…
As I read these words, I think about how Judaism asks much of each of us. We make our decisions. Here in one monumental sentence, God is asking not just Moses, but, in my interpretation, each of us to carve these words, on the Tablets of our hearts. God knows we will shatter those words. But in that shattering comes that most important aspect of who we are as Jews – agency, ownership, obligation. We carve our relationships with God and with each other on our hearts through our intentions and our actions.
One sentence, packed with so much meaning.
Wishing all long life, healthy life, a good life,
With deep love,
Rabbi Lynn