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Questions for the Parsha of Mishpatim
Portion: Mishpatim, Exodus, ch. 21,
v.28- ch. 24, v. 18
1. v. 28-32: goring oxen: What's the context for this?
2. Why do we stone the ox?
3. v. 31-32: What strides are made here toward equality?
4. v. 33-4: Where is this pit? What level of responsibility is
there for it?
5. v.35-6: Were people allowed to let their "dogs" out without
a leash?
6. v. 36: Why the distinction between sheep and oxen?
7. v. 1-2, ch. 22: Can one shoot an intruder?
8. What's the penalty for stealing? Characterize the difference
between this and jail.
9. v. 4-5: Why would someone scorch a field?
10. v. 6-8, 9-12, and 13: What's the difference?
11. v. 15-6: What is the main concern in the case of date-rape?
12. v. 17-ch. 23, v. 19: How do these verses generally differ from
the previous ones?
13. ch. 23, v.20: What are these verses doing here?(see next
quest.)
14. ch. 24, v. 1-18: How do the laws which preceded relate to the
succeeding story?
15. ch. 24, v. 10: note and explain See Ezekiel ch. 1. |
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