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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
The sedra, that comprises of 52 mitzvot including specific detailed halachot of slaves and sacrifices, begins “v’eileh hamishpatim”, “and ..
Written by Jonny Caller
At the end of six years of work, all Jewish servants go free from their masters. [A Jew becomes a servant either by selling himself because he is destitute or through ..
Written by Rabbi Chaim Rosen