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Or if it was known that it was a [habitually] goring bull since yesterday and the day before yesterday, and its owner does not watch… Read More »Always Responsible

He shall bring him [the eved] to Elokim. Rashi explains Elokim here as “the court and the judges.” Indeed, the word elohim often refers to… Read More »Justice to the Next Level

These divrei Torah were adapted from the hashkafa portion of Rabbi Yissocher Frand’s Commuter Chavrusah Tapes on the weekly portion: # 1369 Lending Money Without… Read More »The Torah Only Refers to a Jewish Slave as an “Eved” the First Time

BS”D Volume 40, No. 18 27 Shevat 5786 February 14, 2026 Sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Jules Meisler in memory of his mother Anne Meisler… Read More »Blueprints

This week we read the parsha of Mishpatim. “And these are the mishpatim {judgments} that you shall place before them. [21:1]” In last week’s parsha,… Read More »Help!

Among the complicated fiduciary matters that this week’s portion discusses, the Torah deals with seemingly simple and mundane issues as well. The Torah talks about… Read More »One Step Back – Two Steps Forward

Purim is on the way, b”H. This week is the first of the four special readings, Parashas Shekalim, in advance of and after Purim. This… Read More »Spiritually Real

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his manservant, his maidservant, his ox, his donkey, or whatever belongs… Read More »The Best for Us

This weeks parsha, Yisro, begins with Yisro hearing all that Elokim had done for Moshe and Bnei Yisroel. Rashi (18:1) quotes the Gemara Zevachim that… Read More »Bacon and Eggs

Yisro, Moshe’s father-in-law, heard about all that G-d had done for Moshe and his people Yisrael, when Hashem took Yisrael out of Mitzrayim. Our minds… Read More »Hearing Is Believing[1]