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This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim 1967. A verse in the Sedra speaks of lending money to the poor; this opens a discussion of the 'direction' of our service of G-d. Are we...
This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim in 1965. It discusses the 'cloud' or 'smoke' on Mount Sinai. The smoke represents the negativity and coarseness of the world; but G-d makes...
In Temple times one would travel to Jerusalem three times a year for the Pilgrim Festivals (or 'Foot Festivals') Pesach, Shavuot and Succot. In this discourse, taught by the Rebbe on Parshat...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim, Parshat Shekalim, in 1969. The extra reading speaks of giving half a shekel, which paid for two separate items: the silver sockets of the...
This discourse for Sedra Mishpatim, taught by the Rebbe in 1965, discusses the cloud on the mountain which Moses enters as he ascends the mountain in order to be there for 40 days and nights. This...
This discourse, said by the Rebbe in 1965, discusses the way Mt. Sinai is described as smoking, which expresses the interface between the physical and the spiritual which is the goal of creation.
The Alef Kabbala Group (21 January 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1967 for Sedra Mishpatim. Expounding a verse concerning giving charity, this teaching discusses our...
The Alef Kabbala Group (14 February 2012 studied a discourse for Parshat Shekalim (Sedra Mishpatim), said in 1958. The half Shekel donated every year to the Temple went to fund the communal...
The Alef Kabbala Group (25 January 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Mishpatim taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. After the Giving of the Torah, Moses ascended the mountain, coming...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 February 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim, which was Parshat Shekalim, 1977. This focuses on the theme of giving half a...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 February 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the words "And these are the laws you should set before them" at the beginning of Sedra Mishpatim, delivered...
The Alef Kabbalah group (29 January 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1954by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Mishpatim, "Laws". This begins with discussion of different...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 Feb 07) discussed a discourse on Sedra Mishpatim, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1978 (5738). This 'edited' discourse explains the opening verses of the Sedra in general...
The Jewish tradition of medicine through the Sedra's verse about compensation including medical expenses, which the Sages use to authorize the practice of medicine. The insight is that while the...
Whether life is a rat race, exploring the Sedra's laws about the sabbatical year as a built-in opportunity for freedom. The insight is that the periodic release from the pressures of the commercial...
How Torah law elevates our perspective from self-focus to concern for others, drawing on the Sedra's laws about interpersonal obligations. The insight is that the laws of Mishpatim are not merely...
The civil laws of the Sedra as embodying both rational and higher dimensions of divine wisdom. The insight is that the very rationality of Mishpatim laws is itself a divine quality, teaching us to...
The rational and suprarational dimensions of the Sedra's civil laws. The insight is that Mishpatim, meaning rational judgements, reveals the deep wisdom within Torah's approach to human society.
The Sedra's civil and criminal laws as expressions of both rational justice and a dimension beyond reason. The insight is that Torah's civil laws, while comprehensible by human reason, ultimately...
The Sedra's civil laws as expressing both rational and suprarational dimensions of Jewish teaching. The insight is that the name Mishpatim points to the way even rational human law, when rooted in...
The meaning of the Sedra's name Mishpatim, rational civil laws, asking what place they have alongside the more mysterious Chukim. The insight is that even the rational laws have a dimension beyond...
The same theme of G-d's intimate relationship with Israel through the laws about lending to the poor, which the Sages say G-d Himself observes. The insight is that every civil law in the Torah is...
The intimate Jewish relationship with G-d through the idea that G-d Himself keeps the laws of the Torah. Drawing on a law about lending money to the poor, the sheet shows how practical civil laws...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim, 5727 (1967). Based on a discourse by the Maharash beginning with the verse 'If you lend money to My people', the discourse...