Ki Tisa — Chabad Springfield

A Coin of Fire - The Ultimate Tzedakah

This half-shekel gift was therefore very different from all acts of tzedakah performed until then, and enabled the Jews to be uplifted to a far...

Our Parsha - Ki Tisa

Text of Parshah (Hebrew with English translation) - Parshas Ki Tisa.

The Weekly Aliyot of the Parsha

A short summary of the Torah portion read in the Synagogue on Shabbat.

The Name of the Parsha

The term Ki Sisa literally means, "When you will raise up." But, in the context of the verse, the term is translated "when you will count." Of all...

"How Was I to Know?"

A deserted wife once came to Lubavitch seeking the help of Rabbi Menachem Mendel. With her was her child, who was a mute. The unfortunate woman...

Moshiach in the Parsha

Hashem will also use fire to rebuild the Bais Hamikdosh and to protect Yerushalayim, as it is written (Zechariah 2:9), "I will surround...

The Rectified Golden Calf: Balanced Leadership

In this lecture, Rabbi Ginsburgh guides us through a meditation on the holy essence of the calf. By transforming the evil golden calf to a holy...

Children's Corner

Parshas Ki Sissa begins with the mitzvah of machatzis hashekel. HaShem tells Moshe Rabbeinu to take a census of the Jewish people. Instead of...