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Parshat Mishpatim/ ohypan
(18th Parsha of 54 Parshiyos of Torah)
By Rabbi Avraham Yehuda Tzvi Shmaryahu David, 5th Generation from Yehuda Tzvi of
Strettyn. Numerical interpretation of Torah with aid of Gematria. Grandson of the
Strettyner Rebbe, Rabbi Solomon Langner. Questions/Comments
212-372-7553. © 2008. 5768 Study Gematria & Sharpen Your Mind. Onlinde at
www.codeoftheheart.com
Serve God, not foreign powers
In this week’s parsha, the Torah says, ovhbpk oha, rat ohypanv vktu
“And these are the ordinances that you shall place before them.”1 According to Rashi,
we should not go to non-Jewish courts of law who are our enemies. We see an allusion to
this from the last letters (rearranged ) of the above phrase which spells the term ,uktv
haolos, which means curses (Deuteronomy 30:7). What do curses have to do with non
Jewish courts of law? The term curses can be found in the Torah where it talks about our
enemies. By going to non-Jewish courts, we are giving homage to foreign powers whose
rules are not Godly but are man-made and self-serving. In fact, according to American
justice, one accused of stealing in the stock market is disgorged of all his/her money and
sent off to jail for several years. When the thief comes out of jail, he/she comes out
penniless and without hope. Not so our Torah. A thief would have to pay the victim. If
the thief does not have the money to pay, then he would be sold as a slave to work for a
Jewish family for a period of six years and on the seventh year, he would go free. This
system brings hope and encouragement to the thief and makes him a productive member
of society. The laws of God never change. Not so our system of Justice. In the United
States, there are full time legislatures at every level of government, constantly passing
laws, and some of them contradicting the previous laws, and of course , with full of
legalese, the laws are difficult to understand
We must keep studying the Torah so that we can avoid the pitfalls of perverse judgment.
In fact, the Torah will always keep us as pure as the sapphire stones of the Tablets of the
Ten Commandments as it says in the Parsha, rhpxv ,bck vagnf uhkdr ,j,u, “and under
his feet, like the form of a sapphire brick.. and was like the appearance of the heavens in
purity”(Exodus 24:10). If we take the acronym of the encircled letters, it spells the term,
vru, , Torah. Such is our Torah. It makes us as pure as the sapphire of heaven. May we
speedily be redeemed through the Messiah that equals the same Gematria as the
hrcg scg, eved ivri (358) so that we can serve God with a faithful and pure heart.
A refuah shlaima to my father, Yakov Zev Ben Malka Blima, who is recovering from a
stroke at Vanderbilt Nursing Home, SI, NY.
Shabbat Shalom ouka ,ca
1 Exodus 21:1 |
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