Last week we were reminded that our ancestors received the Torah at Mt. Sinai. As they stood near the foot of the mountain amid the cacophony of thunder, lightning and flames, the people encountered G-d and heard the Ten Commandments. It was certainly an attention grabbing moment; as the people stood in awe, they heard […]
Mishpatim: Distracted Driving and Goring Oxen
The Torah doesn’t speak about using our phones while we drive, but it still has a lesson to teach. Although in the Torah the danger is connected to goring oxen rather than a person’s car. For more information about Rabbi Danny, please visit RabbiDanny.com The opening and closing music for this podcast is Coming Out […]
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ELDERS: Are Leaders Younger Or Am I Older? (Mishpatim)
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In this weeks episode, Amichai Lau-Lavie focuses on the word ELDERS, and the Torah portion Mishpatim.
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Mishpatim: Responding to the Heartbeat of the Other משפטים
The question is not “were you at Sinai?” but “were you there after Sinai?” Rabbi David Ingber on Parshat Mishpatim. For more information please visit romemu.org. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/jcastnetwork.com/storage/romemu/060.mp3Podcast: Download
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Episode Eighteen: Mishpatim
In this episode of Verse Per Verse, Amichai explore the torah portion Mishpatim.
More specifically, “Lauviticus” explores Exodus, Chapter 23, Verse 12 and the word Nafesh. Nafesh has many possible translations, but Amichai explores the connection between this word and it’s root word Nefesh. How do these two words connect?
Listen in to how Amichai explores grapples with this question.
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Mishpatim
For a long-time now, Rabbi Danny Burkeman has been writing a weekly piece on the torah portion, but now it is available as a podcast. We hope you will enjoy it. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/JCastNetwork.com/storage/TwoMinutes/001.mp3Podcast: Download
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Mishpatim
“An eye for an eye – a tooth for a tooth” — the Lex Talionus. No commandment in the Torah is more misunderstood. As Ghandi is reputed to have said:”If every body followed this commandment, the whole world would be blind and toothless” (My paraphrase – no sources checked…) Jewish tradition has always understood this […]
Shabbat Commentary – Mishpatim
Mishpatim is the type of Torah Portion that makes B’nai Mitzvah students groan. No catastrophic forces of nature as in Noach. No dramatic family sagas like those of Jacob and Joseph. No cruel pharaoh, eye-popping plagues, or anxious flight into the wilderness. Mishpatim is mostly about laws which God tells to Moses who then tells […]