Parsha 18 of 54 · Sefer Shemos
6 pieces on Parshas Mishpatim, one for each year it was written. Each opens as a PDF.
5781–82 · Year 1 · 4 pages
Volume 2 Issue 6 February 12-13, 2021 30 Shvat 1 Adar 5781 Freedom This week’s parsha is the first after the giving of the 10 commandments. Called “judgements”, this parsha is the first that lays down the many laws that constitute the basis for all of our…
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5782–83 · Year 2 · 3 pages
This week’s Parshas is Mishpatim, where we are commanded various first laws of the Torah, post 10 commandments. The mepharshim explain that this parsha directly follows the 10 commandments to show that even the logical rational mitzvos are by divine design.…
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5783–84 · Year 3 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha, Mishpatim lays the foundation of the first laws the Jews are given after receiving the Torah. Rashi explains that because the parsha begins with “and these” (as opposed to “these”), it is considered a continuation of that which was stated…
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5784–85 · Year 4 · 1 page
This week is Pashas Mishpatim, as well as Rosh Chodesh Adar 1. The Lubavitcher Rebbe drew an analogy from the laws of Kashrus: just as something distasteful is diluted 1/60 (like milk in a meat mixture), so too are bad things diluted 1/60 in the 60 days of…
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5785–86 · Year 5 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha, Mishpatim, presents the first new laws given to the Jews after the Ten Commandments. The laws begin with the topic of owning a Jewish slave and continue with various “Mishpatim” laws—those that can logically and sensibly be adapted by a…
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5786–87 · Year 6 · 2 pages
This week’s Parsha, Mishpatim, is the first Parsha after the giving of the Torah on Har Sinai, and it begins with certain laws that beg the question as to why they follow right after the 10 Commandments. As I’ve written before and will summarize here: after…
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