Mishpatim

Exodus 21:1-24:18

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Text Studies

An Eye For $100, A Tooth For About Ten Bucks: The Monetary Meaning Of Mishpatim by Rabbi Ben Lanckton

Provided by Hillel’s Joseph Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Learning, which creates educational resources for Jewish organizations on college campuses.

 

Critiquing Our Leadership by Rabbi Neal Joseph Loevinger

Provided by KOLEL--The Adult Centre for Liberal Jewish Learning, which is affiliated with Canada's Reform movement.

 

Under God’s Feet by Rabbi Vered L. Harris

Provided by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the central body of Reform Judaism in North America.

Commentaries

Humans as Co-Creators by Rabbi Norman Lamm

Provided by Canfei Nesharim, providing Torah wisdom about the importance of protecting our environment.

 

Exodus Morality by Carol Towarnicky

Provided by American Jewish World Service, pursuing global justice through grassroots change.

 

Who's In, Who's Out by Rabbi Kerry Olitzky

Provided by the Jewish Outreach Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a more open and welcoming Judaism.

 

Here Comes The Judge by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

Provided by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, which ordains Conservative rabbis at the University of Judaism.

 

We Are The Narrative by Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses

Provided by the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel, a summer seminar in Israel that aims to create a multi-denominational cadre of young Jewish leaders.

 

Murder And Atheism by Rabbi David Avigdor

Provided by the Orthodox Union, the central coordinating agency for North American Orthodox congregations.

 

The Death Penalty Reconsidered by Rabbi Lewis Warshauer

Provided by the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative rabbinical seminary and university of Jewish studies.

 

Letting Our People Go: Bringing Us All Out Of Egypt by Rabbi Jonathan Spira-Savett

Provided by SocialAction.com, an on-line Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community, and repairing the world.

 

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