This week’s parsha (weekly Torah portion) is called, “Key tisa,” which literally means, “That you will raise.”  The verse continues with, “The heads of the children of Yisrael to redeem them and give a man atonement of his soul to haShem (god) in redeeming them and there will not be in them a plague in their redemption.”  Basically we are talking here of the first census of the people, but I do find it interesting that the raising of the … Continue reading →