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Hebrew Servant, Law of: If a Jew stole and could not afford to make restitution, the courts would sell him into servitude for a six year term and payment from his "sale" would go towards paying his debt. A poor person could also choose to sell himself into servitude.
On the mystical significance of the "Hebrew Slave"
What symbolism does this hold?
Life Lessons From the Parshah - Mishpatim
The Talmud discusses this week’s Torah portion more than any other—by a wide margin. Many of the largest tractates are based on it. Mishpatim is filled with laws—civil, tort, damage, and business laws, among others—and contains 53 of the 613 commandments,...
Used to describe a person or an attitude, NIMBY is an abbreviation for Not In My Back Yard.
Parsha Mishpatim
The very first law the Torah records after the account of the giving of the Torah is the law of the Jewish bondsman. This is most puzzling for a number of reasons including the fact that the Torah discourages the ‘acquisition’ of servants, and in fact his...
“It is true,” announced R. Leib, “that according to the law the plaintiff must take his suit to the defendant’s locale; but since in this case ‘there is no place devoid of His presence,’ we will try the case here in Shpoli . . .”
The Eved Ivri goes free.
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