## Shenei Luchot HaBerit, Torah Shebikhtav, Mishpatim, Ner Mitzvah

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**המצוה** המ"ב מתרי"ג מצות, לדון בדין עבד עברי, שנאמר (שמות כא, ב) כי תקנה עבד עברי.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
This portion commences with the 42nd of the 613 commandments, the law governing the master's relations with the Jewish servant who has been sold into his service.


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מ"ג מצות יעוד אמה העבריה.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
The 43rd commandment deals with the marrying off of a Jewish servant maid.


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מ"ד לפדות אמה העבריה, שנאמר (שם ח) והפדה.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
The 44th commandment deals with the manner in which a Jewish servant girl is released from her service.


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מ"ה שלא למכור אמה העבריה.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
The 45th commandment concerns the prohibition to sell such a Jewish servant girl to another master.


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מ"ו שלא למנוע מאמה העבריה והוא הדין משאר בנות ישראל שאר כסות ועונה.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
The 46th commandment deals with the denial of certain conjugal rights of either a Jewish servant girl or any other Jewish girls.


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מ"ז מ"ח מ"ט שלא להכות אב ואם ושלא לקללם, ועוד בכלל מות יומת מצוה להרוג בחנק המחוייב חנק.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandments 47,48 and 49 are prohibitions of striking father or mother or cursing them on pain of death; another law included in the term מות ימות, is the application of the death penalty by asphyxiation whenever that term is used by the Torah.


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נ' לדון בדיני קנסות המפורשין בפרשת (שם יח) וכי יריבון אנשים והכה:

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 50 deals with those injuries and what penalties are applicable to those who cause them (mostly financial). They are listed in the paragraph commencing in chapter 21 verse 18.


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**נ"א** להיות הבית דין הורגין בסייף המחוייב, וזה הדין נקרא לרבותינו הרג. ואחד המומתין במיתה זו, המכה עבדו אפילו כנעני אם מת תחת ידו, שנאמר (שם כ) נקם ינקם וזה מיתת סייף. וכן הוא אומר (ויקרא כו, כה), חרב נוקמת נקם ברית:

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 51 provides for the Court to impose the death penalty by the sword in certain situations (Hereg). If a master kills his Canaanite servant by a lethal blow, he is also guilty of execution by this method, viz: (Exodus 21,20) "he shall be avenged." (Leviticus 26,25 states "the sword will wreak vengeance for the covenant" on those breaching it).


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**נ"ב** לדון בדין שור המזיק בין שהזיק אדם בין שהזיק ממון.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 52 sets out legislation for assessing damages for harm or injury or even death caused by one's livestock (ox).


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נ"ג שלא לאכול שור הנסקל.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 53 forbids eating of the meat of an ox condemned to death by the Court for having gored a person to death.


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נ"ד לדון בדין הבור.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 54 deals with damages caused by leaving or digging a pit in the public domain.


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נ"ה לדון בדיני הגנב במיתה או בתשלומין.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 55 deals with financial or death penalties for thieves.


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נ"ו לדון בנזקי שן ורגל, שנאמר (שם כב, ד) כי יבעיר איש שדה וגו'.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 56 deals with damages caused by one's livestock having destroyed property through trampling underfoot, or through consuming it. The relevant passage commences with the words יבער איש שדה (Exodus 22,4).


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נ"ז לדון בנזקי האש, שנאמר (שם ה) כי תצא אש וגו':

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 57 deals with damage caused through fire, 22,5: "When fire escapes, etc."


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**נ"ח** לדון בדין שומר חנם, שנאמר (שם ו) כי יתן איש אל רעהו כסף וגו'.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 58 deals with negligence by a trustee who is not paid for his services: "If someone gives his neighbour money or utensils to keep" (22,6).


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נ"ט לדון בדין טוען וכופר, שנאמר (שם ח) על כל דבר פשע אשר יאמר כי הוא זה.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 59 deals with the disappearance of trust property, the trustee claiming innocence of theft (ibid.).


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ס' לדון בדין שומר שכר והשוכר, שנאמר (שם ט) כי יתן איש אל רעהו חמור וגו'.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 60 deals with the degree of liability incurred by trustees or renters. This is introduced by the words "if someone entrusts a donkey or ox to keep" (22,9).


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ס"א לדון בדיני השואל, שנאמר (שם יג) וכי ישאל וגו':

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 61 deals with liability of borrowers. The Torah introduces this with the words "if someone borrows anything from his fellow man, etc." (22,13).


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**ס"ב** לדון בדין מפתה, שנאמר (שם טו) וכי יפתה וגו'.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 62 deals with the penalty for seducing a virgin (22,15).


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ס"ג שלא להחיות מכשפה.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 63 forbids the keeping alive of any sorceress (22,17).


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ס"ד ס"ה שלא להונות הגר בדברים ולא בממון, שנאמר (שם כ) וגר לא תונה ולא תלחצנו, וזה הלאו נוסף על הלאו שיכללוהו עם ישראל כולם שהם בלאו דאונאת ממון.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandments 64 and 65 forbid taking advantage of proselytes by word or deed, since the Torah says: "Do not wrong or oppress a proselyte" (22,20). This is an additional prohibition, since neither is such behaviour tolerated versus a native born Israelite.


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ס"ו שלא לענות יתום ואלמנה.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 66 prohibits oppressing orphans or widows.


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ס"ז להלוות לעניי ישראל, שנאמר (שם כד) אם כסף תלוה את עמי את העני.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 67 orders us to extend loans to poor Israelites; the Torah says: "When you loan money to My people, the one amongst you who is poor" (22,24).


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ס"ח שלא לתבוע חוב מהעני שאין לו במה לפרוע, שנאמר (שם) לא תהיה לו כנושה.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 68 prohibits demanding repayment of a loan from an indigent debtor; the Torah says: "Do not be like a creditor to him" (22,24).


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ס"ט שלא להשית יד בין לוה למלוה בריבית, שנאמר (שם) לא תשימון עליו נשך, והערב והעדים והסופר כולם עוברים.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 69 forbids the paying or accepting of interest on loans (from Jews). The Torah writes: "Do not impose interest charges on him" (22,24). The guarantor of such loan, the witnesses to the contract, as well as the scribe drawing up the papers are guilty if a party to such an arrangement.


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ע' ע"א ע"ב אזהרת ברכת השם. ושלא לקלל הדיין. ושלא לקלל הנשיא, שנאמר (שם כז) אלהים לא תקלל ונשיא בעמך לא תאור.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandments 70, 71, and 72 warn against cursing the Lord, the judge, or the legally constituted authority (president,22,27).


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ע"ג שלא להקדים תרומה לבכורים, שנאמר (שם כח) מלאתך ודמעך לא תאחר.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 73 forbids the tithing of תרומה prior to bringing the בכורים (alotting the gift to the individual priest before acknowledging the harvest to G–d in the Temple by means of offering the first ripened part of that harvest) The relevant passage in the Torah reads מלאתך ודמעתך לא תאחר (22,28): "Do not put off the skimming of your vats."


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ע"ד שלא לאכול טריפה:

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 74 forbids the consuming of treyfah i.e. fatally diseased animals (22,30).


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**ע"ה** שלא ישמע הדיין טענת האחד שלא בפני בעל דינו, שנאמר (שם כג, א) לא תשא שמע שוא.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 75 forbids a judge to listen to the arguments of a litigant when the other litigant is not present. The relevant line is: "Do not listen to false rumour" (23,1).


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ע"ו שלא נקבל עדות איש חוטא ולא נעשה בשביל עדותו שום דבר, שנאמר (שם) אל תשת ידך עם רשע להיות עד חמס.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 76 stipulates that the testimony of a known sinner must not be accepted, and that his statements remain without effect, since the Torah states: "Do not join hands with the guilty to act as malicious witness" (23,1).


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ע"ז שלא לנטות אחרי רבים בדיני נפשות בשביל אחד, שנאמר (שם ב) לא תהיה אחרי רבים לרעות.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 77 defines the rule that a majority can declare someone guilty of a capital crime by a majority of at least two votes. This is based on "do not side with the majority to do wrong" (23,2).


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ע"ח שלא ילמוד חובה מי שלמד זכות בדיני נפשות, שנאמר (שם) לא תענה על ריב לנטות, כלומר לא יהיו דבריך להטות אותו לחובה.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 78 prohibits a judge who had voted a defendant innocent from changing his vote. The Torah describes this as "do not bear witness in a cause to turn aside after a majority," i.e. your words should not now cause a conviction (ibid.).


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ע"ט מצות הטיה אחרי רבים ואחרי רבים לנטות לזכות אפילו באחד.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 79: A simple majority of one of the judges is sufficient to render a defendant innocent of the charge brought against him, since the Torah says: "Follow the majority le-hattot."


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פ' שלא לרחם עני בדין, שנאמר (שם ג) ודל לא תהדר:

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 80 prohibits display of sympathy for a poor man during litigation. The Torah says: "Do not favour a poor man in his cause" (23,3).


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**פ"א** מצות פריקת משא, שנאמר (שם ה) כי תראה חמור שונאך רובץ וגו'.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 81 demands the giving of assistance in unloading an overloaded beast: "When you see the ass of someone who hates you break down under its burden, etc." (23,5).


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פ"ב שלא להטות משפט חוטא מפני רשעו, שנאמר (שם ו) לא תטה משפט אביונך, ופירושו שהוא אביון במצות ולא בממון. שאין צריך לומר שלא יטו עליו הדין לגזול ממנו בעניו. אלא נצטוינו, אע"פ שהוא רשע לא יאמר הדיין הואיל ורשע הוא אטה עליו הדין, כי המשפט ברשע לאלהים הוא ולא לו:

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 82 warns against perverting fair judgment of a known sinner, since the Torah says: "Do not subvert the rights of your needy in his dispute." The reference to his being "needy" refers to his lacking merits of a moral nature, not lack of money. The judge must not "steal" from him through his verdict, even though his conduct may appear to you to have given cause for a perverted verdict (23,6). In the final analysis, judgment (for sins committed) is G–d's prerogative.


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**פ"ג** שלא לחתוך הדין באומר הדעת, שנאמר (שם ז) ונקי וצדיק אל תהרוג, כלומר, הזהר עד מאוד לבל תהרוג אדם שיהיה באפשרות שלא עשה מה שאמרו עליו שעשה. וכן הוא מפורש במכילתא (משפטים מס' נזיקין כ ד"ה ונקי וצדיק) שאמרו שם, ראוהו רודף אחר חבירו להרגו והתרו בו, ישראל הוא בן ברית הוא, אם הרגת אותו תהרג, והעלימו עיניהם שלא ראו בהכותו אותו ומצאוהו מיד הרוג ומפרפר והסייף מנטף דם מיד ההורג, שומע אני יהא חייב, תלמוד לומר ונקי וצדיק אל תהרוג:

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 83 cautions, that judgment must not be based on a judge's intuition, as it says: "Do not slay the innocent or righteous" (23,7). This means that one should be extremely careful not to execute a person as long as there is the remotest chance that he has not committed the crime he has been accused of. The Mechilta 211, explains that if the accused had been seen chasing someone who was unquestionably Jewish, wanting to kill him, and he had been properly warned of the consequences of murder, and had acknowledged the warning, and this pursuer had been observed leaving a tent with his sword dripping blood, such evidence is insufficient, since the deed itself had not been observed.


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**פ"ד** שלא ליקח שוחד.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 84 prohibits the accepting of a bribe (23,8).


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פ"ה שמיטת קרקעות.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 85 legislates shmittah, i.e. that the land must be allowed to lie fallow every seventh year (23,10).


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פ"ו מצות שביתת שבת:

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 86 provides for cessation of work on the seventh day (23,12).


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**פ"ז** פ"ח שלא לישבע בשם עבודה זרה ושלא להדיח אחריה, שנאמר (שמות כג, יג) ושם אלהים אחרים לא תזכירו ולא ישמע על פיך. וענין מדיח הוא שקורא בני אדם לעבודת עבודה זרה, ואע"פ שזה הקורא לא יעבדנה. ויש מפרשים, שעיקר לאו דלא תזכירו בא שלא יעשה משא ומתן עם הגוי ביום אידו, משום דאזיל ומודה וגורם שהגוי מזכיר שם עבודה זרה. והאיסור הוא, כי בני נח מצווין על עבודה זרה. ועוד הוסיפו רז"ל הרחקה ואמרו בסנהדרין (סג, ב) שלא יאמר אדם לחבירו שמור לי בצד עבודה זרה פלונית:

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandments 87 and 88 deal with the prohibition of swearing an oath in the name of some idolatrous deity and the law not to promote such deity in any form, since the Torah says: "Make no mention of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth" (23,13). Some think that the main prohibition is not to enter into business relations with idol worshippers on days that are holidays in their religion, since on such days the Gentile is bound to mention his idol and the Jew may inadvertently cause the Gentile to praise his deity. Since even Gentiles are prohibited from worshipping idols, this would be accounted a sin against the Jew causing it. Our sages have been so careful to ensure that we distance ourselves from such a sin that they forbade saying to a Gentile: "hold this package for me near the statue of such and such a deity" (Sanhedrin 63).


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**פ"ט** לחוג ברגלים.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 89 enjoins us to observe the three annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem (23,17).


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צ' שלא לשחוט הפסח בעוד החמץ ברשותנו, שנאמר (שמות כג, יח) לא תזבח על חמץ דם זבחי.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 90 forbids the slaughtering of the Passover lamb before disposal and destruction of leavened things. The Torah says: "Do not offer the blood of My sacrifice with anything leavened" (23,18).


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צ"א שלא להלין אימוריו, שנאמר (שם) ולא ילין וגו'.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 91 prohibits the remains (the parts to be burned) of a sacrifice which have remained off the altar overnight from being burned on the altar now (although the parts that can be consumed by the owners of the sacrifice may still be eaten by them, ibid.).


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צ"ב מצות הבאת בכורים בבית הבחירה, שנאמר (שם יט) ראשית בכורי אדמתך.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 92 describes the commandment of bringing the choice first fruit to the Temple, since the Torah says: "You shall bring the choice first fruit of your soil, to the house of the Lord, etc." (23,19).


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צ"ג שלא לבשל בשר בחלב, שנאמר (שם) לא תבשל גדי בחלב אמו.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 93 prohibits the boiling of a kid in the milk of its mother (ibid.).


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צ"ד שלא לכרות ברית לשבע עממין.

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 94 prohibits making any contract with the seven nations inhabiting the land of Canaan at that time (23,32).


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צ"ה שלא לשכון עובדי עבודה זרה בארצינו, שנאמר (שם לג) לא ישבו בארצך:

**Shney Luchot Habrit by Rabbi Eliyahu Munk:**
Commandment 95 forbids allowing the permanent presence of idol worshippers in our land, since the Torah says: "They must not dwell in your land lest they cause you to sin" (23,33).