All posts in: Mishpatim
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4 years agoWhy would you give the sheep to the dog who failed to protect it?
And you must not eat flesh of a mutilated animal in the field; throw it to the dogs (22:30) The verse tells us that if there is a mutilated animal among the flock, ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
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3 years agoPlain Rules
Moshe was told “and these are the ordinances that you shall place before them”, when he was to transmit the laws to the Children of Israel [1]. The commentaries ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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3 years agoMishpatim – Clinging to Torah Scholars
Shemos, 24:13: “And Moshe stood up with Yehoshua, his servant, and Moshe ascended to the Mountain of G-d.” Rashi, 24:13, sv. And Moshe stood up with Yehoshua: ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
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3 years agoAvraham’s Level of Eating
“And Moshe and Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, and the seventy elders of Yisrael ascended (Har Sinai). And they saw G-d … and they ate and drank” (24:9-11). The Maseches ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoGive Him Your Money, Not Your Eye – Mishpatim
“Ayin tachas ayin (an eye instead of an eye)” 21:24. The Gemara in Bava Kama (83b) emphasizes that it is not an eye that Reuven has to pay for knocking out Shimon’s ..
Written by Rabbi Eliezer Chrysler
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3 years agoMISHPATIM – CHESED B’SHLEIMUS
In Parshas Mishpatim the Torah instructs us with regard to lending money to our fellow in need. The Torah states: “When you lend money to My people, to the poor ..
Written by Rabbi Yehonasan Gefen
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4 years ago‘Praysworthy’
Moshe was told to ascend Mount Sinai, where he was to receive “the Torah and the commandment” [1]. The simple understanding is that even though the word “commandment” ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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6 years agoLaw and order
We are currently in the final week of the ‘Shovavim’ period of repentance, based on the verse “wayward (shovavim) sons return” [1]. ‘Shovavim’ is also ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
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7 years ago
What are the mishpotim that you shall present before them??
The possuk states “V’Eileh hamishpotim asher tosim lifneihem” (These are the laws that you shall present before them) 21:1 The Ba’al Haturim ..
Written by Benjamin A Roae
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7 years ago
D’var Torah
They saw the G-d of Israel. Under his feet was the likeness of sapphire brickwork, resembling the essence of Heaven in purity (24:10). The final ..
Written by Jacob Solomon
