Sefer Shmos
Mishpatim
A fascinating רמז from Shelah Hakodosh on מכה איש ומת מות יומת
The Shelah Hakodosh says that there are 2 levels of justice - absolute justice and one tempered with compassion
Why the Torah uses the language of עין תחת עין if it truly means that the perpetrator should offer monetary compensation - Rambam’s and Shelah’s fascinating insights
The 3 dimensions of a Jew’s life that parshas Mishpatim attempts to address - explained by the Shela
the Or Hachaims fascinating illustration of the divine nature of justice
Torah justice vs other systems of justice
Nice pshat of the Chida on the spiritual meaning of אם יום או יומיים יעמוד
יכול עבד של עברי? תלמוד לומר כי ימכר וגו׳
Reb Akiva Eger’s question about the paid custodian’s liability and its spiritual implications
How Rebbe Reb Heshel of Krakow taught his family not to take bribes
The ירושלמי says that תשים לפניהם is referring to secrets of the Torah. What do secrets of Torah have to do with laws like משפטים?
Why the first mitzvah in Mishpatim is about עבד עברי
A great story about the Baal Shem Tov and the possuk Mechasheifa lo Sechayeh - told by the Shaarei Tshuva
Beautiful explanation of Tosafos re the power of prayer.
The various levels of עבד - A tidbit of the Rebbe’s maamar
A humorous story with the great scholar Reb Mordechai Banett re to the possuk לכלב תשליכו אותו
Beautiful Or Hachaim Hakodosh on why it says אם כסף תלויה את עמי, as if it’s optional
A nice pshat by the Mekubal Reb Yaskov Abuchatzera on עין תחת עין
A beautiful halachic explanation by the Kotzker Rebbe as to the difference between a slave who dies within 24 hours of his master’s beatings and one who dies after that.
A beautiful story with Reb Nochum Tchernobeler and Reb Zushe - related to the Parsha ויחזו את האלוקים ויאכלו וישתו
Marvelous של״ה on the possuk לא תשא שמע שווא
Is a king who killed בשוגג obligated to go into גלות ? תשובות רדבז
Two famous questions in this parsha regarding the laws of murder
Powerful insight of the Barditchever on the possuk ויספר להם משה
A Gem of inspiration from דגל מחנה אפרים derived from the possuk כי יפתה איש
A beautiful interpretation of כי ימכור איש את בתו לאמה from דגל מחנה אפרים
What’s the connection between גלגולי נשמות and parshas משפטים? Insight from בעל שם טוב
Beautiful insight from שפת אמת in the words אשר תשים לפניהם
The deeper meaning in עבודת ה׳ in the possuk כי יתן איש אל רעהו כסף או כלים - from שפת אמת
The deeper spiritual meaning of the meaning of עבד עברי as opposed to an עבד של עברי - a beautiful maamar of the rebbe