Category Archives: Exodus

HALF A SHEKEL Ki tissa by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Baruch

HALF A SHEKEL – Ki tissa – Exodus 31           Call it a census.  Counting heads.  Registering for the draft.  Whatever name we use, we are talking about a government determining how many people they are governing.  Sometimes that can be an expensive process.  Not long ago, we … Continue reading →

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RINGS ON THE ARK by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Baruch

RINGS ON THE ARK – Parsha T’rumah           Chapters 25-27 of Exodus provide a description of the first Jewish sanctuary in complete detail.  All it lacks is a blueprint, and succeeding generations of construction-minded scholars have supplied that.  Some modern editions of the Torah … Continue reading →

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GETTING DOWN TO CASES – Mishpatim by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Baruch

GETTING DOWN TO CASES – Mishpatim – Ex.21-24           Last week the Torah gave us principles of conduct.  General rights and wrongs.  Now we get into some specifics.  We know murder is wrong, but what actually constitutes murder?  And what penalty should a … Continue reading →

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BY-LAWS NEEDED – Parsha Yitro by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Baruch

Parsha Yitro (Ex.18-20)           Last week’s Torah narrative saw the Hebrew slaves freed from Egypt.  Losing no time, this week we read of their arrival at Mount Sinai to receive the Torah.   Leaving Egypt made them free. But not till … Continue reading →

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Why Do You Cry To Me BETTER SING by Rabbi Baruch Cohon

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Baruch

WHY DO YOU CRY TO ME?   BETTER SING! – by Rabbi Baruch Cohon           The 13th thru 17th chapters of Exodus tell some of the Bible’s most dramatic and significant episodes.  After unsuccessfully negotiating with Moses, Pharaoh and his people experienced … Continue reading →

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