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Torah Portion -
Mishpatim
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Written by d fine
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The Sefer Chareidim reveals a new level of depth to Bnei Yisrael’s na’aseh ve’nishma commitment to accept the Torah. He writes that a real hearing is when one acts on what one has heard - that way the information received becomes expressed by you as opposed to just being ‘a nice idea.’ Na’aseh ve’nishma was a promise not just to hear what the Torah has to say, but to do and practice everything contained therein; it was a ‘doing’ (na’aseh) connected to ‘hearing’ (nishma).
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Torah Portion -
Mishpatim
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Written by Rafi Jager
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In this week's portion we are taught the laws regarding lending money: "If (im) you shall lend money to any of My people. . .do not act towards him as a creditor; do not lay interest upon him" (Exodus 22:24). Rashi, the great medieval commentator, states that although the verse uses the Hebrew word "im - if" which would usually imply a voluntary act - and therefore no obligation to lend money to a poor person in the first place - it is in fact one of three places in the Torah where that word instead means "when", suggesting an actual command to lend money. The question still remains, however, that if Hashem intended to teach the obligation of lending
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Torah Portion -
Mishpatim
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Written by Rafi Jager
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As human beings we are constantly showered with goodness from a variety of sources. Hashem gives us good health, loving family and friends, and countless other benefits which we often take for granted. Parents care for children in many ways that youngsters cannot even imagine. Our friends provide us with valuable support to help us navigate the stormy waters of social relationships. A spouse infuses a reality and richness into one's life that cannot be duplicated anywhere else.
Indeed, we owe a lot of thanks to the many individuals who assist us and enrich our
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Torah Portion -
Mishpatim
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Written by Daniel Sandground
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Parashas Mishpatim – The Table is Set
In last week’s sedra we read the receiving of the Ten Commandments and what naturally flows on from this are laws, which we are given in abundance in this week’s parasha, Mishpatim. The interesting thing when analysing these laws are that they are rather random in the sense that you wouldn’t expect them to be the first laws given over to us after such a monumental event as the given of the Ten Commandments. The sedra starts with the laws of slaves, murder, manslaughter, damages and even talks about responsibility for digging pits and animals amongst many other topics. What we learn from what we might view as mundane laws
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Torah Portion -
Mishpatim
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Written by d fine
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Though it happened before Mattan Torah (Rashi 24:1), it is actually in this week's sedra that we are told about Bnei Yisrael's famous 'na'aseh ve'nishma' commitment to accept the Torah no matter what. However, we have a problem (Houston). As the gemarra (Shabbos 88a) and Rashi (Shemos 19:17) both point out, when Bnei Yisrael were about to receive the Torah, HaShem turned Har Sinai upside down on top of them and threatened 'if you do not recieve the Torah, you will be buried here (under this mountain).' But why did HaShem have to force us to accept the Torah
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