Parshat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “If your brother becomes destitute and is then sold to you, you shall not make him work like a slave” (Leviticus 25:39). If indeed Judaism gave the world the idea and ideal of freedom – “I am the Lord thy God who took thee out of …
Parshat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “If your brother becomes destitute and is then sold to you, you shall not make him work like a slave” (Leviticus 25:39). If indeed Judaism gave the world the idea and ideal of freedom – “I am the Lord thy God who took thee out of …
המסר החברתי של הפרשה הרב שאול וידר כסף אינו רע וגס לעצמו, כסף הוא כלי ואמצעי שקבלת מהקב”ה, השאלה היא מה השימוש שעושה האדם בכסף. האם הוא בוחר להתעשר על גבם של נזקקים, האם הונו נצבר מהונאת העניים המצויים במצוקה? מדור פרשת השבוע של אתר כיפה, כ”ב שבט תשע”ה, 11/02/2015 מה נחשב עיקר ומה נחשב עיקר …
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Parshat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “If the bull gores a manservant or a maidservant, he shall give silver thirty shekels to his master, and the bull shall be stoned.” (Exodus 21:32) In last week’s commentary on the portion of Yitro, we showed how the Covenant at Sinai expressed the Israelites’ commitment to the …
Parshat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18) Rabbi Shlomo Riskin Efrat, Israel – “If the bull gores a manservant or a maidservant, he shall give silver thirty shekels to his master, and the bull shall be stoned.” (Exodus 21:32) In last week’s commentary on the portion of Yitro, we showed how the Covenant at Sinai expressed the Israelites’ commitment to the …
This week’s “Shabbat Shalom” has been dedicated to the memory of Miriam Leah bat Yossel v’Bella, z”l and Lev ben Wolf v’Miriam Leah, z”l Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1- 24:18) Efrat, Israel – “These are the statutes which you shall place before them ” (Ex. 21:1). If two religiously observant Jews are engaged in a …
