Spotlight Dvar Torah : Ki Tissa

“A coin of fire and the victory of Amalek”

Rav M. Elon

Our parashah, Parashat Ki-Tisa, opens with the divine command regarding the Mahatzit ha-Shekel – the Half Shekel. After this section, the Torah deals with the kiyor, the washstand, and then the anointing oil. At first glance, this order of parshiyot seems to have no internal connection one to the other, seeming to simply appear in an unimportant, uncalculated order. We will examine each of these parashiyot separately, and then together, and we will see that there is in fact one common denominator which has a number of facets to it.

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