{"id":362,"date":"2014-01-30T02:02:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T02:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2014-01-30T02:02:44","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T02:02:44","slug":"mishpatim-5774-2014","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=362","title":{"rendered":"Mishpatim 5774 (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mishpatim 5774<\/span><\/p>\n

Warm up: Spiritual Word Association<\/b><\/p>\n

Beshallach \u2013 Jay \u2013 how to live with less and in the moment.\u00a0 Different advice every yea<\/p>\n

Mishpatim –\u00a0 Marc \u2013 Same message every year \u2013 Give to the Hebrew Free Loan Association<\/p>\n

Exodus 22:24 \u201cIf you lend my people money, the poor man with you, you shall not behave to him as creditor; you shall not charge him interest\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that we are warmed up:<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2022<\/b>Last week \u201cYou shall be unto me a kingdom of Nobles and you shall be a holy nation ( Exodus 19:6)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0And this week\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cYou shall be people of holiness unto <\/i>me (\u00a0 Exodus 22:30)<\/p>\n

\u2022 The people say \u201cNaaseah v\u2019Nishmah\u201d \u00a0\u00a0— What does that mean?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022Pinchas Peli on Mishpatim: Blind Obedience is Not Enough\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022Chaim Marder (Modern Orthodox): \u201cEach Jew has a unique level of intensity to his or her Divine experience. Each individual comprehends HaShem in a different way. The nature of the voice of God is relative\u2014according to the power of each individual<\/i>..First, a uniform set of principles is given for everyone (naaseh<\/i>), expressed in the generalities of the Ten Commandments and the specifics of the mishpatim.\u00a0 Then a second layer of revelation was added (nishma)<\/i> with every Jew accessing his own personal window to HaShem.<\/p>\n

\u2022Rosally Saltsmann:<\/p>\n

God wants us to understand these laws and the reasons so that we may extend them to other areas in our lives.\u00a0 In our striving to emulate God, we mus be compassionate and that involves a heightened awareness about how we word we say and each act we do affects others. (Kristofferson (Pilgrim\u2019s Progress<\/i>: \u201cI\u2019d like justice, but I will settle for some mercy\u201d. Later [Wild: American<\/i>] \u201cI don\u2019t care if its left or right if its wrong\u201d)<\/i><\/p>\n

Then\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Now<\/span><\/p>\n

Slaves \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 sensitivity to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hired help<\/p>\n

Orphan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sensitivity to \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Child from single parent home<\/p>\n

Widow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sensitivity to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Divorcee<\/p>\n

Poor\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sensitivity to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Low income<\/p>\n

Nehama Leibowitz: Our sages drew attention (Baba Mezia 59b) that the Torah cautions us regarding behavior towards a stranger 36 times!\u00a0 No other mitzvah is so often referred to and in the positive (\u201cYou shall love the stranger\u201d)<\/p>\n

In Baba Mezia 58b, discussion of verbal oppression of the stranger\u00a0 is found telling us not to insult or be indiscreet.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sefat Emet: The main thing that this process has to be directed for the sake of heaven.\u00a0 Work to straighten your heart as a way of preparing to receive Torah and serve God\u2026The cycle of doing and hearing begins not with Torah itself but with that which we bring with us when we come to study Torah<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022Chaim Marder (Modern Orthodox) again: Our challenge is to reconnect with that Sinai experience, to partake of the covenant \u2013 each of us to become in his or her own fashion \u2013 prophets and priests, as we attempt to come close to the mountain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mishpatim 5774 Warm up: Spiritual Word Association Beshallach \u2013 Jay \u2013 how to live with less and in the moment.\u00a0 Different advice every yea Mishpatim –\u00a0 Marc \u2013 Same message every year \u2013 Give to the Hebrew Free Loan Association Exodus 22:24 \u201cIf you lend my people money, the poor man with you, you shall … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions\/363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}