Rules
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Approaching the Divine
Parashat Mishpatim is full of rules, including those that leave the Hebrew people with timeless principles as well as situational directions that seem specific to a certain lifestyle. Indeed, many of the injunctions which…
- Commandments, Community, Exodus, Interpretation, Israelites, Judges, Komps Kaos, Law, Mishpatim, Mitzvah, Moses, Narrative, New York, Parsha, Rules, Shemot, Sinai, Torah
Judging Rules
Parashat Mishpatim begins with, “And these are the judgments which you will set before them.” Sometimes the word for judgments, the title of this parsha, mishpatim, gets translated as rules…which isn’t quite right.…
- Birthday, Boundaries, Commandments, Egypt, Family, Friends, Mishpatim, Mitzvah, Museums, Parsha, Questions, Rules, Textual Criticism
The Boundaries of Growth
My birthday week was superb! Dinner with friends, airplanes, art, tons of museums, presidential history, Oscars, my dad and a friend visiting, Shabbos dinner at my house, and plenty of good conversation –…
- Amalek, Battle, Commandments, Community, Deuteronomy, Holiness, Israel, Israelites, Ki Tetzei, Land, Parsha, Rules
Preparations for Holy Living
“When you go out to battle against your enemies…” Moshe’s final speech to the people he led out of Egypt continues. When you go out – Ki Teitzei, this week’s parsha, is named from…
