Shabbat Ki Tissa
Torah: Exodus 30:11 - 34:35 / Haftarah: I Kings 18:1 - 18:39
“Keeping the Shabbat”
Dear Friends,
This week’s Torah portion teaches us to keep the Shabbat throughout all the generations. Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, in his book, “The Bedside Torah,” gives a beautiful description of Shabbat and what it can mean to us in contemporary times. Let me share it with you:
“Shabbat offers a period of sanity, a time for centering, that is otherwise absent in our culture. Shabbat assures each observant Jew that there will be twenty-four hours in which nothing will interfere with spiritual growth, strengthened community, and family. Chores and obligations can wait; cultivating family ties and spiritual values cannot…
Shabbat is our eternal sign with God, a timely reminder of a timeless bond.” [The Bedside Torah. Page 152]
This weekend, and every weekend, find some time to explore and enjoy the power and meaning of Shabbat. It is a special part of our Jewish tradition and heritage that makes Judaism and Jewish life so special.
Shabbat shalom.
Rabbi Eitan Weiner-Kaplow
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