Following the revelation at Sinai, G-d legislates a series of
laws for the people of Israel. These include the laws of the
indentured servant; the penalties for murder, kidnapping, assault, and theft; civil laws pertaining to
redress of damages, the granting of
loans, and the responsibilities of the "
Four Guardians"; and the rules governing the conduct of justice by
courts of law.
Also included are laws warning against mistreatment of
foreigners; the observance of the
seasonal festivals, and the agricultural gifts that are to be brought to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem; the prohibition against cooking
meat with milk; and the mitzvah of
prayer. Altogether, the Parshah of Mishpatim contains
fifty-three mitzvot -- 23 imperative commandments and 30 prohibitions.
G-d promises to bring the people of Israel to the
Holy Land, and warns them against assuming the pagan ways of its current inhabitants.
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