http://www.chabad.org/magazine/default.asp?aid=15564 Chabad.org Parshah Portal features basic texts, summaries and in-depth analysis as well as commentary and other articles on the weekly Torah portion Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1298 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1298 Got no more than five minutes? The Parshah in a Nutshell is an ultra-short, one-page synopsis of the weekly Torah reading, peppered with links to related stories, essays and articles. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=15564 http://www.chabad.org/parshah/torahreading.asp?AID=15564 Modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/parshah/rashi/default.asp?AID=15564 http://www.chabad.org/parshah/rashi/default.asp?AID=15564 A modern English translation of the full text of the Parshah with the classic commentary by Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, 1040-1105), universally regarded as the most basic tool for understanding the meaning of the text for schoolchild and scholar alike. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/parshah/in-depth/default.asp?AID=36348 http://www.chabad.org/parshah/in-depth/default.asp?AID=36348 Explore the Parshah together with a hundred generations of scholars and mystics, from Moses to today. Includes a detailed summary and overview, and dozens of selected excerpts from the Midrash, Talmud, the Commentaries and the Chassidic Masters. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2795 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2795 In the Talmud, the laws of <I>Mishpatim</I> are expounded upon in three "gates" -- <I>Bava Kama, Bava Metzia,</I> and <I>Bava Batra</I>. The Rebbe sees these as three stages in the social and spiritual journey of man Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1297 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1297 On the complex and much misunderstood relationship between our obedience to and our understanding of G-d's law Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2797 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2797 Our Sages differentiate between the rational mitzvot (<I>mishpatim</I>) and the supra-rational mitzvot (<I>chukim</I>); a third, intermediate category are the "testimonial" or commemorative mitzvot (<I>eidot</I>). But in essence, says the Rebbe, the most rational <I>mishpat</I> is a <I>chok</I> and the most esoteric <I>chok</I> has <I>mishpat</I> characteristics Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2794 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2794 What is the correlation between life's responsibilities and its rewards? If we "do our best" will G-d give us everything we need, or is reward measured by achievement? The law of the "Four Guardians" as a model for the duties and priviliges of man Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2798 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=2798 We instinctively categorize our world by species, element, gender, and countless other criteria. But how real are these distinctions? Insights into the Biblical prohibition against cooking meat with milk Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=36358 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=36358 Torah law forbids charging interest for a loan, but with a <i>heter iska</i> form, one is permitted to profit on invested capital. Is this not a violation of the spirit of the law? What, indeed, is the "spirit" of this law? 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