Daily Chumash Wednesday, 21st Shevat Mishpatim: Laws involving the judicial system

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Revi’i

  • Cursing a Judge: You may not curse a judge or curse a leader amongst your people.
  • Maaser: You shall not delay the tithe produce or the Terumah.
  • Firstborn animal: You are to give Hashem your firstborn. The newborn animal is to be given to Hashem on the 8th
  • Treifa meat: You may not eat meat of a Treifa animal. Rather, throw it to the dogs.
  1. Laws involving the judicial system:
  • Don’t listen to meritless reports.
  • Don’t join a false witness in testimony.
  • Don’t follow the majority to do evil.
  • Do not show compassion in judgment to the weak and poor.

 

  1. Miscellaneous laws:
  • Hashavas Aveida: Return a lost animal to its owner even if it belongs to your enemy.
  • Chamor Sonacha: Help your enemy’s animal unload if it has a heavy burden.

About The Author

Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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