Parashat Ki Tisa/Questions
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Parashat Ki Tisa – Opening Questions
- Why was there a need to give half-shekels?
- Why did Moshe's absence prompt the people to make the Golden Calf? How could Aharon have played a lead role in its creation?
- How does the census taken in the first year of the nation's travels relate to that taken in the beginning of the second year?
- Was the Mishkan built as the ideal vehicle through which to worship Hashem, or was it a concession to reality and a means to remedy a problematic situation?
- What does "פֹּקֵד עֲוֹן אָבוֹת עַל בָּנִים" mean? Are children punished for their parents' sins?