The Shabbos Parsha is Parashas Mishpatim and the Haftorah is in Yirmeyahu Jeremiah 34 : 8 - 22 and 33 : 25 - 26 , where both the Torah Reading and the Haftorah refer to the bondsman and Laws of the bondsman . In the previous Parsha HaShem Came And Gave us The Ten Commandments and here in this Parsha we continue with HaShem's Laws between a person and their fellow . The Parsha starts out with a " Ve " - " And , " to teach us that these Laws and Ordinances in Mishpatim were also given at Har Sinai . The first Law Ordinance in this Sedra is to do with the Jewish bondsman and is mentioned first seeing as HaShem Just Freed us From Egypt where we were slaves and thus must we learn how to treat those who work for us . We must always remember that it is only HaShem Whom we are to serve and so , when the time comes for the bondman to go free , they are to be freed liberally and the bondsman should go free and not want to remain a bondsman for they should remember that it is only to HaShem , that they should give their service . All human beings are equal and no person should be arrogant about himself . HaShem Only Is Above us all . Should they not wish to go free , then a process is performed to them by bringing them to a door and piercing their ear ( the very ear that heard HaShem Free them from Egypt for they should want to be free from being under man and his ways and be only a servant of HaShem ) with an awl and then this person must go free in the Yovel year ( Jubilee Fiftieth year ) . Torah here goes into detail about how the Jewish bondsman is to work for six years and go free in the seventh year and what is to take place with the wife and children that he comes with and also how the Law differs if it is a woman who is a Canaanite , that the master gave to him . The Torah goes into the Laws of a man who gives his daughter as a bonds-woman and how she should be looked after and even to the point of looking after her as a wife if it comes to that . Torah then speaks of the Laws that Judge murder , whether it be intentional or unintentional and Torah gives the different examples of different kinds of Aveiras warranting the death penalty , like one who who kills intentionally with guile ( even to the point of if the one judged to die is holding onto the Altar - they are still to be given death as we saw with Shlomo Ha Melech when he sent Benayahu to slay Yoav , who was holding onto the horns of the Altar ) . Also a Judgement of death is given to the one who strikes his Father or Mother , causing a bruise , Chas Ve Shalom ; one who kidnaps a man and sells him and the kidnapped person was found in the kidnappers power ; one who curses his Father or Mother , Chas Ve Shalom , all these are sentenced to death by the Sanhedrin . Unintentional murderers are sent to an " Ir Miklat " - " City of Refuge , " and are to only be freed on the sad passing of the present Kohein Gadol . But one who strikes his fellow and does not die within a certain period - our Rabbonim talk of twenty four hours , but happens to die after that , the one who struck is absolved from the death of the one struck . Civil Laws also govern lost work time and medical healing costs to victims of those who were hurt by others . Also the Laws of a slave being struck and damages are mentioned . Torah Speaks also of men who fight and collide with a pregnant woman and the damages to be paid . This Parsha then mentions the famous Law of " An Eye for an Eye , " - " Aiyin Tachat Ayin , " where money restitution is the Law . Eye for an Eye , " Ayin Tachas Ayin , " literally means " Eye under an Eye " which means that the Eye of the perpetrator is not taken but monetary compensation and not the actual eye is the restitution . The very fact that the Eye was not mentioned as an ' instead of ' but that which is " under " or in replacement of , shows that it was not an actual eye taken for an eye . Also the Hebrew word " Tachas " comes to 808 in Gematriah , where 8 + 0 + 8 = 16 and 1 + 6 = 7 and the word " Kesef " - " Money , " in Gematriah also comes to 20 + 60 + 80 = 160 and 1 + 6 + 0 = 7 , shows us that seeing that they are both 7 , the compensation for an eye for an eye or any other of the body parts mentioned , each with the word " Tachas , " means that it refers to kesef money compensation . The Parsha then discusses injuries and damages via an animal and also if a man steals an ox , or a sheep or goat and slaughters it to sell it , he must pay five cattle for the ox or four sheep if he stole a sheep . The reason that The Holy Torah Commands more oxen to pay back then sheep is due to HaShem's Compassion , even for one who sadly does wrong , For HaShem Takes Into Consideration the embarrassment of the man who perpetrates the deed , for oxen are led away and it does not look as embarrassing as sheep that are usually carried on the shoulder when stolen and so are more embarrassing and thus Does HaShem Take Into Account this embarrassment and requests only four sheep restitution as oppose to five oxen restitution . Torah Then Teaches about the Laws of Shomrim , safeguarding the article of another and who holds responsibility for a lost item . Torah Then Mentions The Law of the case of one who seduces a virgin and what is to happen in Judgement of such a case and The Holy Torah Takes into account the respect for her honour . Torah comes down very strictly on those who are involved in sorcery for one who is a sorceress is not to be permitted to live . Also one who lies with an animal shall be put to death and one who brings offerings to idols also must be put to death . We are not to serve anything or anyone as a deity , Chas Ve Shalom . Only HaShem , are we to serve . The Laws in this Holy Parsha show that in every law that we keep , we are serving HaShem Only . Only HaShem Is G-D . We are not to taunt or oppress a stranger a Ger a convert . We are not to cause pain to a widow or orphan For HaShem Holds them Dear To Him if they cry out to HaShem . Parashas Mishpatim Then Speaks of The Laws of lending to a poor person and of how no interest is to be taken and if you take their garment as security , till sunset shall you return it to him . HaShem , we shall not revile and a leader of our people , we shall not curse . HaShem Puts righteous people in positions of respect for a reason and we are to respect HaShem's Wisdom . To disrespect a leader of our people is to disrespect HaShem's Choice and it is thus a disrespect of HaShem , Chas Ve Shalom . Fullness Offerings and Priestly Heave -Offerings shall not be delayed in giving . Holy are we Jews to be , a People of Holiness shall we be to HaShem . We shall not break the Law by eating the flesh of an animal torn in the field . Torah then cautions us , As HaShem Teaches us , about the Judicial process , not to bring false reports or be a false witness and not as a Judge , to follow the majority for evil , not to yield to the majority to pervert the Law , not to glorify a destitute person in his grievance , but to be a fair and noble , upstanding and moral , to be a fair and honest true Judge - A Torah Judge and to have fair and true and moral Torah Keeping Judges . Within the word " Mishpatim , " is the word ' Shofet , ' which means ' Judge , ' so we are to be for ourselves , our own Judges , to ensure that we keep strictly to HaShem's Mishpatim Ordinances and Laws . Also to return an animal of a person that we hate , should we see this animal wandering and not to let a donkey crouch under its burden . We are to distance ourselves from a false word , not execute the righteous , or exonerate the wicked , and we are not , if as Judges , to accept a bribe , " For the bribe will blind those who see and corrupt words that are just . " Thus bribes , make to the person taking them , a complete false reality for them , one that is untrue and deceitful , one that suits them to see , that they themselves set up in order to wrongly fit in with the false bribe scenario that they take . HaShem Then Teaches About the Sabbatical Year and how we are to leave our fields fallow in the Sabbatical Year Shemittah Year and how this Law relates to the Holy Shabbos . HaShem Again Reiterates not to serve idols and not even to mention their names , be they of stone , or wood , or human of human birth and human flesh . HaShem Tells Of The Three Pilgrim Festivals of Pesach , Shavuos and Succos . HaShem Tells us Of Sending His Angel Before us , this being the Angel Metatron . Metatron , say our sages , has 72 wings coinciding with the 72 Names Of HaShem , how his size fills the Universe and that he is sometimes described as the High Priest in the Heavenly Temple at times , how he teaches Torah to the Righteous that have passed , in the Yeshiva on high and that he led Avraham through Canaan , delivered Yitzchak from the knife at the Akeidah , rallied Joshuah and how he has twelve names like our Twelve Tribes of Israel , being an Angel close to HaShem ( Jewish Encyclopedia - R Dennis ) . The Parsha Tells Of How HaShem Will Destroy our enemies and of the Wonders That HaShem Will Perform For us In our Homeland Israel . HaShem Also Warns us that when we are in our Land of Israel , we are not to seal a covenant with those who inhabited the land or their false deities or beliefs and that they are not to dwell in the Land unless they accept a Torah Way of Life and no idols or deities , following HaShem Only , for if we leave them or allow them to follow other ways that are not HaShem's Torah , they will lead us astray , Chas Ve Shalom , cause us to sin against HaShem , Chas Ve Shalom and trap us , Chas Ve Shalom . We are thus to remove them from Eretz Yisrael . HaShem Instructed Moshe ( also for Moshe's sake ) and also Aharon and the seventy elders of Israel to prostrate themselves and Moshe alone to come and approach HaShem and so to tell all the people of These Words Of HaShem and All HaShem's Ordinances and all the people responded with one voice ( and that is what HaShem also wants - our oneness and togetherness which will bring on the End of Days ) and they all responded that " All The Words That HaShem Has Spoken , we will do . " Moshe wrote all the Words of HaShem and early in the morning , built an Altar at the Foot of Har Sinai and twelve pillars for the Twelve Tribes of Israel and offerings were made . This showed that we all , in every generation , entered into this Covenant with HaShem , that we are to keep forever . HaShem Came Down On The Mountain and Israel saw under His Feet , The Likeness Of Sapphire Brickwork and it was here that Aharon's sons , Nadav and Avihu , were not humble enough , and gazed to look at A Part Of This Holy Site Of The Essence Of HaShem's Shechinah and so , at this moment , they were ordained to die , but they were not killed at this instance but later so as not to mar the Specialness Of This Very Holy Event . HaShem Informed Moshe That he is to ascend Har Sinai and he Would Be Given The Stone Tablets And The Teachings And The Commandments . Joshuah remained faithfully and humbly waiting for him at the bottom of Har Sinai And HaShem Saw to it that an Omer of Mannah fell for Joshuah every day while he waited for his beloved Teacher Moshe . Moshe had Aharon and Chur , remain to oversee the people . Moshe ascended The Mountain and The Cloud Covered it , And The Glory Of HaShem Rested on Har Sinai . The Parsha ends by telling us that Moshe was on the Mountain for forty days and forty nights . Some of the Angels complained that Moshe was coming to take The Torah down to us and some wanted to burn him . HaShem Told Moshe to hold on to HaShem's Kisei HaKavod Throne Of Glory and to answer them on why he should be permitted to take The Holy Torah down to us . Moshe asked them do they have bodies that must rest from work on Shabbos , houses that they must put Mezuzahs on , deal in civil matters that are between people and people , that Angels are not , do they have children that can keep the Mitzvos , marry and go by The Laws of the Torah . The Angels had to answer no , and so Moshe proved that The Holy Torah is for us Jews as human beings to keep the Laws In The Torah , Given with reference to Jews as Israel , who as human beings and not Angels , can and are to keep these Laws within The Torah . So was Moshe up there for forty days and forty nights . So ends the Parsha . The Mishpatim deal a lot with Civil Laws regulating the behavior between people , which are very important , for a society that has no civil honour and order will break down as did the generation of the Mabul - the Flood . Civil Laws regulating human behavior is vital to the continuation of our World for a society that cares little for how it acts towards other people is sadly a society that works contrary to the Laws of Continuance of HaShem's Beautiful Creation . HaShem Is Totally Selfless and so must we be in order to be at one with HaShem Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu . The Parsha starts by saying , " Ve ' Eileh HaMishpatim Asher Tasim Lifneihem , " - " And These Are The Ordinances that you shall place before them . " This is A Commandment for all time . The Laws and Ordinances Of HaShem must always be and were always placed " before us " - " for all time . " The Laws Of HaShem must be our Pathway through Life and that Life must always be headed toward HaShem's Intended Wish for us all , the destination being always and ever headed closer to HaShem . It must be these very Ordinances That HaShem Gave . Not reformed ones or changed ones . The word " We " referred to Moshe then , but it also refers to our Rabbonim and Leaders and also ourselves , for we too must be Torah Leaders of ourselves , keeping ourselves ever on The Path Of And Toward Holiness , toward HaShem . In every generation our Leaders and Rabbis have a great responsibility to ensure that our Torah , As Given To Moshe , is to be kept Exactly As HaShem Gave It . It is to be kept , Just As HaShem Gave it on Har Sinai . Torah Is Eternal , as must be our following of and obedience to It be , in all generations , never changing for It is our Eternal Path To Shamaim Heaven . There is to be no reforming Of HaShem's Eternal Forever Law and thus no changes will ever be made to This Eternal Law , For As HaShem Says So Many Times In His Holy Torah , His Laws Are Forever And Eternal . That which is Eternal and for Eternity , Is For Eternity and thus is always applicable , throughout all generations , never to ever change , For It Is Eternal and Thus Eternally Valid . HaShem Foresees Forever And Thus HaShem Knows what new times and modernization will come in this World . HaShem Is Ever Wise And Ever Almighty And HaShem Knows That The Laws And Ordinances That He Gave us Will Last Forever , Through every circumstance and Through every generation . We are not in anyway to make any changes to Torah and It's Laws and Ordinances . Our Torah Is From HaShem and so are we and thus are we to be at one with HaShem's Torah , As HaShem Wrote It and so will we then be at one With HaShem . For HaShem Says Clearly ( Knowing what we might do or what people might do ) that it is " These Mishpatim Ordinances , " and not changed ones , That HaShem Put Before us Forever and so must we Keep Them Forever Just As HaShem Told Us And Tells us every day , That HaShem Gives us Life , to breathe and Keep His Beautiful Torah Laws . HaShem " Tasim " - " Put " these Mishpatim before us And HaShem Will , Every Day " Tasim " - " Put " these Laws before us so that we Must Keep Them . The Word " Tasim , " in Gematriah comes to 400 + 300 + 10 + 40 = 750 and the 0 has no letter in Gematriah . So when the 0 is put with the 7 we get 70 , where 70 in Gematriah is a Hebrew letter " Ayin " and the 5 in Gematriah is the Hebrew letter " Hei " and both of these letters are basically silent , yet powerful and within The Breath Of HaShem's Quiet and so in keeping HaShem's Ordinances And In HaShem " Tasim " - " Putting " His Ordinances before us , HaShem Is Coming To Us In Quietude And Almighty Holiness , Standing " Lifneihem " - " Before us " Always . So as we live each day , we are and should ensure that we always live by and follow The Very Commandments That HaShem Gave us , Just As They Were Given By HaShem And Just As They Are Given By HaShem " Lifneihem " - " Before " us Everyday . HaShem Is At All Times Before us And So Are HaShem's Laws . Let us never detract from Them or move away from Them , Chas Ve Shalom , but let us always keep fast to Them and always make Them a full part of our existence and Life , for They are our Life and the length of our days As The Holy Torah Says , as we stand always before HaShem HaKadosh Baruch Hu HaShem The Holy One Blessed Be He . I wish HaShem With Ever And Forever Eternal Deepest Love , A Very Beautiful And Special And Sweet Shabbos Kodesh With Ever And Forever Eternal Deepest Love , and to all of my fellow Jews and to all of Creation a Very Special and Beautiful and Sweet Shabbos Kodesh with love .