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Exodus 21 Oh, and These Too!
“And these are the rules that you shall set before them” (verse 1).
וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תָּשִׂים לִפְנֵיהֶם (שמות כא:א)
The chapter (and Parsha of Mishpatim) begins with the word “and.” Why does the Chater begin with “and”? Rashi offers two explainations that the “and” is meant to link the Ten Commandments and this portion to explain that these were also given on Mt. Sinai. His second answer links these civil laws with the preceding laws about the altar to explain that in the future, the Sanhedrin court should be placed in the Temple complex. Ramban explains that this section is…
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