This post originally appeared on Neesh Noosh. In Mishpatim, twice God tells the Israelites not to oppress a stranger because they were strangers in the Egypt. (22:20 and 23:9). This is central to ...

Parshat Mishpatim commences with a presentation of multitudinous civil laws in Halakha, addressing the topics of Eved Ivri and Amah Ha-Ivriyah (male and female Jewish servants), assault, murder, ...

Rashi comments on the beginning of Parashat Mishpatim (Shemot 21:1), and explains why the verse says, “And these are the laws.” Based on a midrash, he writes that just as the former commandments (from ...

In the latter part of the parsha (Torah portion), post-Matan Torah (after the giving of the Torah) and after the "mishpatim" (laws) are given over, Hashem (G-d) mentions sending a "malach" (angel) to ...

The portion of Mishpatim, which deals with human relationships, highlights the significance of social trust and the severe consequences of its absence. See more on ...

This week we read the Torah portion of Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1–24:18), where we find an extensive set of laws governing civil interactions that we can relate to just as much today as ever: personal ...

Just after the giving of the Law at Sinai, the Torah presents us with an assortment of laws, some criminal, some civil and some purely religious. The civil laws in our Torah portion this week, ...

The Talmud states that the source of prayer is the biblical phrase “And you shall serve Him with all your heart” (Deuteronomy 11:13). Service is usually associated with action. One can serve with ...

Parashat Mishpatim discusses the laws of lending among a wide range of other moral, ethical and religious imperatives. Although the verse starts with the word “if”, the commentators emphasise that ...

If only the whole Jewish world knew, and lived by, this one comment of Rashi. If only that…then the Jewish people would be kinder, more ethical and more dignified. Let me rev this up by saying that ...