Laws of Injury

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1. "You Shall Cut Off Her Hand" and "An Eye for an Eye"

   Rabbi Yehuda Rock

   "An eye for an eye" is a blatant example of the gap between the written and oral Torah. The gap might be viewed as an expression of two complementary divine attributes - rahamim and din. The differences express the desire for justice for one who was injured, as well as the desire to educate the injurer.

2. Parashat HaShavua - Mishpatim

   Rabbi Menachem Leibtag | 37 minutes

   Is the Humash a book of laws? Until now, it has been mostly stories. Parashat Mishpatim is finally a parasha that almost entirely discusses laws. We're going to try to understand that not only does Humash teach us lessons about laws through stories, but that there are a lot of lessons that can be learned from the way that laws are presented. We take a look at the structure and style of Parashat Mishpatim and note that the laws about interactions between man and his fellow man are bracketed by sections of laws about how to serve God, who desires that we follow Avraham's path of justice and righteousness.
    

3. Parshat Mishpatim - Some Short Thoughts on Compromise and Naaseh Ve-Nishma

   Rabbi Ezra Bick | 20 minutes

   The Chida, in a homiletical comment to Parashat Mishpatim, sees the parsha full of laws about man and his fellow as highlighting the importance of compromise and the value of peace.

   At the end of the  parasha, Moshe presents the  covenant with Bnei Yisrael, where they say "Na'aseh ve-nishma" - "We will do and we will listen."

   We would have expected to see this phrase in the previous parasha, before the description of the Revelation at Sinai. We examine a relevant midrash.