This may be one of the most important – and certainly controversial – teachings that Mark Call, of Shabbat Shalom Mesa Fellowship has done. Because it hits at the very heart of what “Come out of her, My people,” is about.

Parsha “Ki Tisa” (Exodus chapters 30 through 34) includes on of the most infamous tragedies in the Bible – the story of the ‘Golden Calf,’ and Moses’ subsequent throwing down and destruction of the first set of tablets, engraved with the very ‘finger of YHVH.’ And that, too, is symbolic of what has been done by the mob that “assembled” or “gathered” against Aaron ever since!

The Erev Shabbat reading of the portion includes some of the vital context for the story that often tends to be overlooked, given the drama that follows:

What is less well-understood is that the entire context of that story reflects on what another “assembly” (or, even ‘ecclesia’ for those that have heard the Greek term) has done almost universally, over and over again, throughout history. And still continues.

The Sabbath Day midrash addresses the ‘twisting’ that Kefa/Peter talked about (II Peter 3:15-16) and how, in particular, Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians has been almost completely “turned on its head,” as is seem by a look at this story, and the context of chapter 3 of that Book.

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If you find this valuable, or even shocking – please share it. As the Bible makes clear, it really is a matter of life and death.

Both segments are combined here: