Sukkot, Chol Hamoed, Shabbat
Ki Tissa 33:12-34:26
Pinhas: 28:26-31
One of the great joys of Sukkot--including Shabbat's Mom's personal favorite, the heavenly scent of the intoxicating etrog--is that we read Torah on each of the eight days. The portion for this Shabbat, the sixth day of the "Festival of Booths", goes backwards in Torah time to the Book of Exodus and contains a deeply intimate exchange between Moses and G-d. Perhaps shattered by his angry shattering of the Ten Commandments when he descends Mount Sinai and sees the Israelites'