Weekly Torah Portion

A Jewish teen holds a Torah scroll covered by an ornately decorated Torah mantle that commemorates those who perished in Nazi death camps during the Holocaust.

הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים  Laws

Exodus 21:1–24:18; Jeremiah 34:8–22, 33:25–26; Colossians 3:1–25

Once We Were Slaves

MISHPATIM (Laws) Exodus 21:1–24:18; Jeremiah 34:8–22, 33:25–26; Colossians 3:1–25 “These are the ordinances [mishpatim הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים] that you are to set before them.”  (Exodus 21:1) In last week’s portion of Scripture, Israel …

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