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And these are the laws that you should set before them. (Shemos 21:1) Like a laid-out table (Shulchan Aruch) and prepared for a meal before… Read More »Teaching Torah

Moshe took half the blood, and placed it in basins. Half the blood, he threw on the mizbe’ach.[2] Take notice. Just prior to this event,… Read More »In Praise of Half Measures

MISHPATIM Yirmiyahu 34:8–22, 33:25–26 We often wonder how far Hashem is willing to extend Himself for the sake of His people. Although we know that… Read More »Eliciting Hashem’s Grace

BS”D Volume 39, No. 18 24 Shevat 5785 February 22, 2025 Sponsored by Martin and Michelle Swartz on the yahrzeit of his father Paul S.… Read More »A Higher Standard

Chinuch is everything. Life is an educated guess, and the more educated you are, the less you have to guess what to do. It is… Read More »Good Education

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: # 1325 Finding a $20… Read More »Eved Ivri: Rehabilitation, Not Just Reimbursement

“…and he shall provide for healing” (21:19) The Torah records that among the compensatory damages which a person who has inflicted bodily harm on another… Read More »Eternal Medicine

This week’s parsha, Mishpatim, begins “V’aileh hamishpatim–And these are the commandments.” Rashi explains that our parsha begins with the word ‘and’ in order to connect… Read More »The True Value of Five Times

As a child, whenever I arrived at this week’s Parsha, I recall feeling something of a letdown. From the beginning of Bereishis, each Parsha had… Read More »Climbing Unto Love or Falling into Lust

This parsha is called Mishpatim. Simply translated it means ordinances. The portion entails laws that deal with various torts and property damages. It discusses laws… Read More »Sealed and Delivered