Shabbat Commentary for 6st week, 2008,
Shabbat Reading MISHPATIM – ordinances Exodus 21:1–24:18; Jeremiah 34:8-22; 33:25-26
By Michael Schneider, israel today, Jerusalem
Commentary:
After the Ten Commandments were given, the Children of Israel were given the laws of how to practice their everyday lives. Order and precepts were given to a people who were former slaves who had just been delivered.