The Set Table

The Set Table-Parashat Teruma 5772

Exodus 25:1–27:19
1 Kings 5:26–6:13
Luke 8:22–39

How does this week’s Torah portion connect the construction of the Tabernacle and its furnishings with God’s presence residing among the people of Israel?

Rabbi Joshua Brumbach

This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Teruma, centers on the instructions concerning the building of the Mishkan (the Tabernacle) and its furnishings. This raises . . . → Read More: Teruma 5772

The Set Table-Parashat Mishpatim 5772

Exodus 21:1–24:18
Exodus 30:11–16
Jeremiah 34:8–25; 33:25–26
Mark 12:21–44

Parashat Mishpatim includes laws that cover a wide spectrum of issues in daily life. One of the most famous of these is the commandment not to “boil a kid in its mother’s milk” (Exodus 23:19)? What is the reason for this odd restriction? What general principles can . . . → Read More: Mishpatim-Shekalim 5772

The Set Table-Parashat Yitro 5772

Exodus 18:1–20:23
Isaiah 6:1–13
Luke 7:36–50

What is the meaning of God’s command lo’ tirtsach in Exodus 20:12 (13)?

Rabbi Jonathan Kaplan

When most people encounter the sixth commandment (or fifth in the Roman Catholic and Lutheran enumeration), they understand it as a blanket prohibition against killing. In fact Targum Onqelos, the primary Aramaic translation of the . . . → Read More: Yitro 5772