The result of this spiritual interaction is that Moses’ face becomes radiant with light; so radiant that he must cover it with a veil of some sort. The word for veil in this text – masveh ...

The Torah continues to say that Moses' face was so bright with holiness, no one dared look at him. He had to wear a veil whenever he spoke to the people in order to filter the divine glare.

At first the Israelites are afraid, and we learn that after delivering the teachings from God, Moses puts on a veil to cover his face. We are then told, “Whenever Moses went in before God to ...

The story that we read is but a veil covering a radiance we must allow ourselves to know. This Torah portion, Ki Tisa, begins with Moses taking a census. God chooses Betzalel to be the artisan of ...

Moses put a veil over his face. To me that is a perfect analogy to what we do when we attempt to hide ourselves from others. We put a veil over ourselves so that other will not be able to see what ...

I wrote a few years ago about how, as a child, I misinterpreted song lyrics in amusing ways. I'd sing "Canada Dry" to the Buckinghams' "Kind of a Drag," because that's what it sounded like to my 5 ...