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Mishpatim

By the Numbers
17 Facts About the Rebbetzin
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka shied away from the limelight and rarely appeared in public, where she would undoubtedly be celebrated as the revered rebbetzin.
10 Questions: Take the Shabbat Food Quiz

Test your knowledge of delicious shabbat food!
Your Questions
Who Is Responsible When Children Break Things?

One of my neighbors’ kids was playing near my home and damaged my property. Are the parents supposed to pay for it?
Parshah
How Comitted Are We?

From "Keeping In Touch - Vol. 2"
How to Become a Holy People

Why are such exacting measures taken regarding the mixture of meat and milk, and how does it further our mission of becoming a holy nation?
For Your Mishpatim Study Group (PDF)
This weekly study packet is part of theJewishwoman.org “Be a Leader” initiative. Print it out and learn it with your study group.
You’re Unique, Just Like Everyone Else

What is the connection between the half-shekel tax and kilayim, the prohibition of forbidden mixtures? Why does the Mishnah lump the two together?
Four Ways to Live a Life

Do you rent, borrow, or own your life? Or do you just work here?
History
The 1912 Mystery of the Body on the Oklahoma Tracks

Who was Mottel Breslau, and how did he end up on the tracks out in the lands belonging to the Seminole Nation?
The Hasty Departure

For many years the inn had provided his family a decent living, but recently, the landlord had greatly raised the rent and it was straining his bottom line.
World News
Henya Federman, 40, Devoted Her Life to Locals and Visitors on the Virgin Islands

Inspired thousands to increase their connection to G-d and spread goodness and kindness across the globe
Essay
What Should You Feel When You Pray?

Prayer is about developing this relationship with G‑d, and experiencing real emotions of the G‑dly soul.
First Person
Finding a New Place to Pray

I longed to connect with a larger local community.
Had G-d commanded us to chop wood, we would do it with the same commitment, joy and enthusiasm with which we perform the most meaningful spiritually gratifying mitzvah.
— Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi