Moshe Rabbeinu Holding the Tablets of the Decalogue

Torah

• Shmot (Exodus) / שמות
  • Ki Tisa / כִּי תִשָּׂא

Ki Tisa / כִּי תִשָּׂא : SHMOT (EXODUS) Exodus  30:11-34:35 (link to the text on Sepharia)

Exodus 24:12	And G-d said to Moses:  come up to me towards the mountain.  And be there.  And I will give you the stone tablets and the law and the commandments which I wrote in order to guide you.	ַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עֲלֵה אֵלַי הָהָרָה וֶהְיֵה־שָׁם וְאֶתְּנָה לְךָ אֶת־לֻחֹת הָאֶבֶן וְהַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוָה אֲשֶׁר כָּתַבְתִּי לְהוֹרֹתָם׃
24:13	And Moses rose, along with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up the mounain of G-d	וַיָּקׇם מֹשֶׁה וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ מְשָׁרְתוֹ וַיַּעַל מֹשֶׁה אֶל־הַר הָאֱלֹהִים׃
15	And Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.	וַיַּעַל מֹשֶׁה אֶל־הָהָר וַיְכַס הֶעָנָן אֶת־הָהָר׃
16	And G-d’s honor dwelled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days.  And [G-d] called to Moses on the seventh day from within the cloud.	וַיִּשְׁכֹּן כְּבוֹד־יְהֹוָה עַל־הַר סִינַי וַיְכַסֵּהוּ הֶעָנָן שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִתּוֹךְ הֶעָנָן׃
17	And to the children of Israel, G-d’s honor looked like fire eating the top of the mounain.	וּמַרְאֵה כְּבוֹד יְהֹוָה כְּאֵשׁ אֹכֶלֶת בְּרֹאשׁ הָהָר לְעֵינֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃
18	And Moses entered the cloud, and went up the mountain.  And Moses was on the mountain for forty days and forty nights.	וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה בְּתוֹךְ הֶעָנָן וַיַּעַל אֶל־הָהָר וַיְהִי מֹשֶׁה בָּהָר אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם וְאַרְבָּעִים לָיְלָה׃ {פ}
Exodus 25:1	And G-d spoke to Moses:	וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃
Exodus 31:18:	And when G-d finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of testimony; tablets of stone, written with the finger of G-d.	וַיִּתֵּן אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כְּכַלֹּתוֹ לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ בְּהַר סִינַי שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָעֵדֻת לֻחֹת אֶבֶן כְּתֻבִים בְּאֶצְבַּע אֱלֹהִים׃
Exodus 32:1	And the nation believed that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain.  And they congregated around Aaron and said:  get up.  Make us a god to go before us, because we do not know what happened to the man, Moses.	וַיַּרְא הָעָם כִּי־בֹשֵׁשׁ מֹשֶׁה לָרֶדֶת מִן־הָהָר וַיִּקָּהֵל הָעָם עַל־אַהֲרֹן וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו קוּם  עֲשֵׂה־לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יֵלְכוּ לְפָנֵינוּ כִּי־זֶה  מֹשֶׁה הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלָנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֹא יָדַעְנוּ מֶה־הָיָה לוֹ׃
Exodus 32:7:	And G-d said to Moses:  go down, because your nation, which you brought out of Egypt, has sinned.	וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֶךְ־רֵד כִּי שִׁחֵת עַמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלֵיתָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃
Exodus 32:15:	And Moses turned and went down from the mountain holding in his arms the two tablets of testimony, which were carved on both sides.	וַיִּפֶן וַיֵּרֶד מֹשֶׁה מִן־הָהָר וּשְׁנֵי לֻחֹת הָעֵדֻת בְּיָדוֹ לֻחֹת כְּתֻבִים מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵיהֶם מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה הֵם כְּתֻבִים׃
Exodus 32:16:	And the tablets were the work of G-d.  And the writing was the writing of G-d, who had carved the tablets.	וְהַלֻּחֹת מַעֲשֵׂה אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה וְהַמִּכְתָּב מִכְתַּב אֱלֹהִים הוּא חָרוּת עַל־הַלֻּחֹת׃
Exodus 32:19:	And it was when he came close to the camp, and saw the calf and the celebration, that Moses became incensed, and cast out from his hands the tablets, and broke them at the foot of the mountain.	וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר קָרַב אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה וַיַּרְא אֶת־הָעֵגֶל וּמְחֹלֹת וַיִּחַר־אַף מֹשֶׁה וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ מִיָּדָו אֶת־הַלֻּחֹת וַיְשַׁבֵּר אֹתָם תַּחַת הָהָר׃
Exodus 34:1:	And G-d said to Moses:  carve for yourself two stone tablets like the first.  And write on them the things that were written on the first tablets, which you broke.	וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה פְּסׇל־לְךָ שְׁנֵי־לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וְכָתַבְתִּי עַל־הַלֻּחֹת אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ עַל־הַלֻּחֹת הָרִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר שִׁבַּרְתָּ׃
Exodus 34:4:	And he carved two stone tablets like the first, and Moses awoke in the morning, and climbed up Mount Sinai, as G-d had commanded him to do.	וַיִּפְסֹל שְׁנֵי־לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וַיַּשְׁכֵּם מֹשֶׁה בַבֹּקֶר וַיַּעַל אֶל־הַר סִינַי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה אֹתוֹ וַיִּקַּח בְּיָדוֹ שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים׃

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Banana
• 1 grape
• 2 black sesame seeds
• 1 graham crackers

Tools:

• Knife (can be plastic, optional)
• Toothpick (optional)

Instructions:

1. Cut banana in half crosswise, so that one half stands up.
2. Cut a slit in the grape to form a mouth.
3. Attach grape to banana with a toothpick, OR cut bottom of grape a bit flat and top of banana a bit flat so the grape sits atop the banana.
4. Gently place sesame seeds on grape to form eyes. They will stick to the moisture left from washing the grape.
5. Trim graham crackers, if desired, to a size that looks proportional to your little Moses. Gently press to the banana; they will stay with no additional assistance!