Saturday, April 29, 2017
*Law #570-577 ~ BOOK FOURTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGES (Law of Evidence)
Law #570 Anybody who knows evidence must testify in court
(lev. 5:1)
Law #571 Carefully interrogate the witness (Deut 13:15)
Law #572 A witness must not serve as a judge in capital
crimes (Deut. 19:17)
Law #573 Not to accept testimony from a lone witness (Deut.
19:15)
Law #574 Transgressors must not testify (Ex. 23:1)
Law #575 Relatives of the litigants must not testify (Deut
24:16)
Law #576 Not to testify falsely (Ex. 20:13)
Law #577 Punish the false witnesses as they tried to punish
the defendant (Deut. 19:19)
*Law #540-569 ~ BOOK FOURTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGES (Law of Sanhedrin and Punishments)
Law #540 Appoint Judges (Deut. 16:18)
Law #541 Not to appoint Judges who are not familiar with
judicial procedures (Deut. 1:17)
Law #542 Decide by majority in case of disagreement (Ex.
23:2)
Law #543 The court must not execute through a majority of
one; at least a majority of two is required (Ex. 23:2)
Law #544 A judge who presented an acquittal plea must not
present an argument for conviction in capital cases (Deut. 23:2)
***Law #545 The courts must carry out the death penalty of
stoning (Deut. 22:24)
***Law #546 The courts must carry out the death penalty of
burning (Lev. 20:14)
***Law #547 The courts must carry out the death penalty of
the sword (Ex. 21:20)
***Law #548 The courts must carry out the death penalty of
strangulation (Lev. 20:10)
***Law #549 The courts must hang those stoned for blasphemy
or idolatry (Deut. 21:22)
Law #550 Bury the executed on the day they are killed (Deut.
21:23)
Law #551 Not to delay burial overnight (Deut. 21:23)
***Law #552 The court must not let the sorcerer live (Ex.
22:17)
***Law #553 The court must give lashes to the wrongdoer (Ex.
25:3)
***Law #554 The court must not exceed the prescribed number
of lashes (Deut. 25:3)
Law #555 The court must not kill anybody on circumstantial
evidence (Ex. 23:7)
Law #556 The court must not punish anybody who was forced to
do a crime (Deut. 22:26)
Law #557 A judge must not pity the murderer or assaulter at
a trial (Deut. 19:13)
Law #558 A judge must not have mercy on the poor man at the
trial (Lev. 19:15)
Law #559 A judge must not respect the great man at the trial
(Lev. 19:15)
Law #560 A judge must not decide unjustly the case of the
habitual transgressor (Ex. 23:6)
Law #561 A judge must not pervert justice (Lev. 19:15)
Law #562 A judge must not pervert a case involving a convert
or orphan (Deut. 24:17)
Law #563 Judge righteously (Lev. 19:15)
Law #564 The judge must not fear a violent man in judgment
(Deut. 1:17)
Law #565 Judges must not accept bribes (Ex. 23:8)
Law #566 Judges must not accept testimony unless both
parties are present (Ex. 23:1)
**Law #567 Not to curse judges (Ex. 22:27) Actually found in vs. 28
**Law #568 Not to curse the head of state or leader of the
Sanhedrin (Ex. 22:27) Actually found in vs. 28
Law #569 Not to curse any upstanding Jew (Lev.
19:14)*Laws #539 ~ BOOK THIRTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGMENTS (Laws of Inheritance)
Law
#539 Carry out the laws of the order of inheritance (Num. 37:8)
*Law #538 ~ BOOK THIRTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGMENTS (Laws of Plaintiff and Defendant)
Law
#538 The courts must carry out the laws of the plaintiff, admitter, or denier
(Ex. 22:8)
*Laws #526-537 ~ BOOK THIRTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGMENTS (Laws of creditor and Debtor)
Law #526 Lend to the poor and destitute (Ex. 22:24)
Law #527 Not to press them for payment if you know they
don’t have it (Ex. 22:24)
Law #528 Press the idolater for payment (Deut. 15:3)
Law #529 The creditor must not forcibly take collateral
(Deut. 24:10)
Law #530 Return the collateral to the debtor when needed
(Deut. 24:13)
Law #531 Not to delay its return when needed (Deut. 24:12)
Law #532 Not to demand collateral from a widow (Deut. 24:17)
Law #533 Not to demand as collateral utensils needed for
preparing food (Deut. 24:6)
Law #534 Not to lend with interest (Lev. 25:37)
Law #535 Not to borrow with interest (Deut. 23:20)
Law #536 Not to intermediate in an interest loan, guarantee,
witness, or write the promissory note (Ex. 22:24)
Law #537 Lend to and borrow from idolaters with interest
(Deut. 23:21)
*Laws #524-525 ~ BOOK THIRTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGMENTS (Laws of Borrowing and Depositing)
Law #524 The courts must carry out the laws of a borrower
(Ex. 22:13)
Law #525 The courts must carry out the laws of an unpaid
guard (Ex. 22:6)
*Laws #517-523 ~ BOOK THIRTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGMENTS (Laws of Hiring)
Law #517 The courts must carry out the laws of a hired
worker and hired guard (Ex. 22:9)
Law #518 Pay wages on the day they were earned (Deut. 24:15)
Law #519 Not to delay payment of wages past the agreed time
(Lev. 19:13)
Law #520 The hired worker may eat from the unharvested crops
where he works (Deut. 23:25)
Law #521 The worker must not eat while on hired time (Deut.
23:26)
Law #522 The worker must not take more than he can eat
(Deut. 23:25)
Law #523 Not to muzzle an ox while plowing (Deut. 25:4)
*Laws #504-516 ~ BOOK TWELVE: THE BOOK OF ACQUISITIONS (Laws of Slaves)
Law #504 Purchase a Hebrew slave in accordance with the
prescribed laws (Ex. 21:2)
Law #505 Not to sell him as a slave is sold (Lev. 25:42)
Law #506 Not to work him oppressively (lev. 25:43)
Law #507 Not to allow a non-Jew to work him oppressively
(Lev. 25:53)
Law #508 Not to have him do menial slave labor (Lev. 25:39)
Law #509 Give him gifts when he goes free (Deut. 15:14)
Law #510 Not to send him away empty-handed (Deut. 15:13)
Law #511 Redeem Jew maidservants (Ex. 21:8)
Law #512 Betroth the Jew Maidservant (Ex. 21:8)
Law #513 The master must not sell his maidservant (Ex. 21:8)
***Law #514 Canaanite slaves must work forever unless injured
in one of their limbs (Lev. 25:46)
Law #515 Not to extradite a slave who fled to Israel
(Deut. 23:16)
Law #516 Not to wrong a slave who has come to Israel for refuge
(Deut. 23:16)
*Laws #499-503 ~ BOOK TWELVE: THE BOOK OF ACQUISITION (Laws of Sales)
Law # 499 Buy and sell according to Torah Law (Lev 25:14)
Lev. 25:14 “And if thou
sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buys out of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not
oppress one another…”
Law #500 Not to overcharge or underpay for an article (Lev.
25:14)
Lev. 25:14 “And if thou
sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buys ought of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall
not oppress one another…”
Law #501 Not to insult or harm anybody with words (Lev
25:17)
Lev. 25:17 “Ye shall not
therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.”
**Law #502 Not to cheat a sincere convert monetarily (Ex.
22:20)
**Law #503 Not to insult or harm a sincere convert with
words (Ex. 22:20)
Both of these commands are based on Ex.
22:20 but the actual vs is found in vs. 21 which talks about idolatry but the
actual vs for these Laws is vs. 21 which reads
21 Thou shalt neither vex a
stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
These two Laws need to be changed to match their scripture.
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
*Laws #482-498 ~ BOOK ELEVEN: THE BOOK OF DAMAGES (Laws of Murder and Preservation of Life)
Law #482 Not to murder (Ex. 20:13)
Law #483 Not to accept monetary restitution to atone for the
murderer (Num. 35:31)
Law #484 The court must send the accidental murderer to a
city of refuge (Num. 35:25)
Law #485 Not to accept monetary restitution instead of being
sent to a city of refuge (Num. 35:32)
Law #486 Not to kill the murderer before he stands trial
(Num. 35:12)
Law #487 Save someone being pursued even by taking the life
of the pursuer (Deut. 25:11-12)
Law #488 Not to pity the pursuer (Num. 35:12)
Law #489 Not to stand idly by if someone’s life is in danger
(Lev. 19:16)
Law #490 Designate cities of refuge and prepare routes of
access (Deut. 19:3)
Law #491 Break the neck of a calf by the river valley
following an unsolved murder (Deut. 2:14)
Law #492 Not tow work nor plant that river valley (Deut.
21:4)
Law #493 Not to allow pitfalls and obstacles to remain on
your property (Deut. 22:8)
Law #494 Make a guard rail around flat roofs (Deut. 22:8)
Law #495 Not to put a stumbling block before a blind man
(nor give harmful advice ) (Lev. 19:14)
Law #496 Help another remove the load from a beast which can
no longer carry it (Ex. 23:5)
Law #497 Help others load their beast (Deut. 22:4)
Law #498 Not to leave others distraught with
their burdens (but to help either load or unload) (Deut. 22:4)*Laws #474-481 ~ BOOK ELEVEN: THE BOOK OF DAMAGES (Laws of Robbery)
Law #474 Not to rob openly (Lev. 19:13)
Law #475 Not to withhold wages or fail to repay a debt (Lev.
19:13)
Law #476 Not to covet and scheme to acquire another’s
possession (Ex. 20:14)
Law #477 Not to desire another’s possession (Deut. 5:18)
Law #478 Return the
robbed object or its value (Lev. 5:23)
Law #479 Not to ignore a lost object (Deut. 22:3)
Law #480 Return the lost object (Deut. 22:1)
Law #481 The court must implement laws against
the one who assaults another or damages another’s property (Ex. 21:18)*Laws #467-473 ~ BOOK ELEVEN: THE BOOK OF DAMAGES (Laws of Theft)
Law #467 Not to steal money stealthily (Lev. 19:11)
Law #468 The court must implement punitive measures against
the thief (Ex. 21:37)
Law #469 Each individual must ensure that his scales and
weights are accurate (Lev. 19:36)
Law #470 Not to commit injustice with scales and weights
(Lev. 19.35)
Law #471 Not to possess inaccurate scales and weights even
if they are not for use (Deut. 25:13)
Law #472 Not to move a boundary marker to steal someone’s
property (Deut. 19:14)
Law #473 Not to kidnap (Ex. 20:13)*Laws #463-466 ~ BOOK ELEVEN: THE BOOK OF DAMAGES (Laws of Property Damages)
Law #463 The court must judge the damages incurred by a
goring ox (Ex. 21:28)
Law #464 The court must judge the damages incurred by an
animal eating (Ex. 22:4)
Law #465 The court must judge the damages incurred by a pit
(Ex. 21:33)
Law #466 The court must judge the damages incurred by fire
(Ex. 22:5)
*Law #462 ~ BOOK TEN: THE BOOK OF IMPURITY (Law of Mikveh)
Law
#462 Every impure person must immerse himself in a Mikveh to become pure
Lev. 15:16 “And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.”
Lev. 15:16 “And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.”
*Law #461 ~ BOOK TEN: THE BOOK OF IMPURITY (Law of Impurity of Food)
Law #461 Observe the laws of impurity concerning liquid and
solid foods
Lev. 11:34 “Any
food you are allowed to eat that has come into contact with water from any such
pot is unclean, and any liquid that is drunk from such a pot is unclean.”*Laws #458-460 ~ BOOK TEN: THE BOOK OF IMPURITY (Laws of Other Sources of Impurity)
* Needs to be omitted
** Needs to be changed
*** Can no longer be kept
Law #460 Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission
Lev. 15:16 “And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.”
** Needs to be changed
*** Can no longer be kept
Law #458 Observe the laws of impurity caused by a dead beast
Lev. 11:39 “And if any beast, of which ye
may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the
even.”
Law #459 Observe the laws of impurity caused by the eight
shratzim (crawling creatures)
Lev. 11:29 “These also shall be unclean
unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and
the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind…”Law #460 Observe the laws of impurity of a seminal emission
Lev. 15:16 “And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.”
*Laws #454-457 ~ BOOK TEN: THE BOOK OF IMPURITY (Laws of Impurity of Reclining and Sitting)
* Needs to be omitted
** Needs to be changed
*** Can no longer be kept
** Needs to be changed
*** Can no longer be kept
Law #454 Observe the laws of menstrual impurity
Lev. 15:19 “And if a woman have an issue,
and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and
whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.”
Law #455 Observe the laws of impurity caused by childbirth
Lev. 12:2 “Speak unto the children of
Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she
shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her
infirmity shall she be unclean.”
A woman is unclean 8 days then 33 more days
after the circumcision of a male baby and 2 weeks then 66 more days after the
birth of a female baby.
Law #456 Observe the laws of impurity caused by a woman’s
running issue
Law #457 Observe the laws of impurity caused by a man’s
running issue (Lev. 15:3)
Lev. 15:2-3 “…When any man has
an unusual bodily discharge, such a discharge is unclean. 3 Whether it continues flowing from his body or is
blocked, it will make him unclean. This is how his discharge will bring about
uncleanness”Saturday, April 15, 2017
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Thursday, April 6, 2017
*Laws #446-453 ~ BOOK TEN: THE BOOK OF IMPURITY (Laws of Impurity through Tzara’at)
* Needs to be omitted
** Needs to be changed
*** No longer kept
1.
Skin/Hair (Lev. 13:1-46)
– boils, burns, bald patches, lesions
2.
Garment (Lev. 13:47-59)
– greenish or reddish eruption (mold/mildew)
3.
House (Lev. 14:34) –
greenish or reddish or sunken (mold/mildew)
***Law #446 Rule the laws of human tzara’at as prescribed in
the Torah
***Law #447 The metzora must not remove his signs of impurity
Deut. 24:8 “Take heed in the plague of
leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests
the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.”
***Law #448 The metzora must not shave signs of impurity in
his hair
Lev. 13:33-36 “Then the priest
shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see
the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward
the priest shall go in to see the house…”
***Law #449 The metzora must publicize his condition by
tearing his garments, allowing his hair to grow and covering his lips
Lev. 13:45 “And the leper
in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he
shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.”
***Law #450 Carry out the prescribed rules for purifying the
metzora
Lev. 14:2 “This shall be
the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the
priest…”
***Law #451 The metzora must shave off all his hair prior to
purification
Lev. 14:9 “But it shall be on the seventh
day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his
eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes,
also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.”
***Law #452 Carry out the laws of tzara’at of clothing
Lev. 13:47 “The garment also
that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen
garment”
***Law #453 Carry out the laws of tzara’at of houses
Lev. 13:34-36 “Then the priest
shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see
the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward
the priest shall go in to see the house…”*Laws #444-445 ~ BOOK TEN: THE BOOK OF IMPURITY (Laws of Impurity of The Red Heifer)
***Law #444 Carry out the procedure of the Red Heifer
Num. 19:2 “This
is the ordinance of the law which the Most High hath commanded, saying, Speak
unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot,
wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke...”
The red heifer or cow was to be brought to
the priests as a sacrifice and its ashes were used for the ritual purification
when an Israelite came into contact with the dead.
***Law #445 Carry out the laws of the sprinkling water
Num. 19:21 “And it shall be a
perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation
shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be
unclean until even.”
The ashes of the red heifer were mixed with
ashes of cedar wood, hyssop and wool or yarn dyed scarlet. The ashes were then placed in a vessel of
pure spring water to be sprinkled on the unclean. The one who sprinkled is deemed unclean until
the evening and must wash.*Laws #443 ~ BOOK TEN: THE BOOK OF IMPURITY (Laws of Impurity of Human Dead)
***Law #443 Carry out the laws of impurity of the dead
Num. 9:14 “This is the law,
when a man dies in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the
tent, shall be unclean seven days.”*Laws #440-442 ~ BOOK NINE: THE BOOK OF SACRIFICES (Laws of Substitution of Sacrifices)
* Needs to be omitted
*** Needs to be changed
*** No longer kept
*** Needs to be changed
*** No longer kept
***Law #440 Not to substitute another beast for one set
apart for sacrifice (lev. 27:10)
***Law #441 The new animal, in addition to the substituted
one, retains consecration (Lev. 27:10)
***Law #442 Not to change consecrated animals from one type
of offering to another (lev. 27:26)
*Laws #436-439 ~ BOOK NINE: THE BOOK OF SACRIFICES (Laws of Lacking Atonement)
*Needs to be omitted
**Needs to be changed
***No longer kept
***Law #436 A woman who had a running issue must bring an
offering after she goes to the Mikveh (Lev. 15:28-29)
***Law #437 A woman who gave birth must bring an offering
after she goes to the Mikveh (Lev. 12:6)
***Law #438 A man who had a running issue must bring an
offering after he goes to the Mikveh (Lev. 15:13-14)
***Law #439 A metzora must bring an offering after going to
the Mikveh (Lev. 14:10)
*Laws #431-435 ~ BOOK NINE: THE BOOK OF SACRIFICES (Laws of Offerings for Unintentional Transgressions)
* Needs to be omitted
**Needs to be changed
***No longer kept
***Law #431 Every person must bring a sin offering for his
transgression (lev. 4:27)
***Law #432 Bring an asham talui when uncertain of guilt
(Lev. 5:17-18)
***Law #433 Bring an asham vadai when guild is ascertained
(Lev. 5:25)
***Law #434 Bring an oleh v’yored offering (if the person is
wealthy, an animal; if poor, a bird or meal offering) (Lev. 5:7-11)
***Law #435 The Sanhedrin must bring an offering
when it rules in error (Lev. 4:13)*Laws #426-430 ~ BOOK NINE: THE BOOK OF SACRIFICES (Laws of First Born Animals)
*Needs to be omitted
**Needs to be changed
***No longer kept
***Law #426 To set aside the firstborn animals (Ex. 13:12)
**Needs to be changed
***No longer kept
***Law #426 To set aside the firstborn animals (Ex. 13:12)
***Law #427 The Kohanim must not eat unblemished firstborn
animals outside Jerusalem (Deut. 12:17)
***Law #428 Not to redeem the firstborn (Num. 18:17)
***Law #429 Separate the tithe from animals (Lev. 27:32)
***Law #430 Not to redeem the tithe (Lev. 27:33)*Laws #420-425 ~ BOOK NINE: THE BOOK OF SACRIFICES (Laws of Pilgrim Offerings)
*Needs to be omitted
**Needs to be changed
***No longer kept
**Needs to be changed
***No longer kept
***Law #420 To be seen at the Temple on Passover, Shavuot,
and Sukkot (Deut. 16:16)
Law #421 To celebrate on these three Festivals (bring a
peace offering) (Ex. 23:14)
*Law #422 To rejoice on these three Festivals (bring a peace
offering( (Deut. 16:14)
***Law #423 Not to appear at the Temple without offerings
(Deut. 16:16)
*** Law #424 Not to refrain from rejoicing with, and giving
gifts to, the Levites (Deut. 12:19)
***Law #425 To assemble all the people on the Sukkot
following the seventh year (Deut. 31:12)
*Laws #404-419 ~ BOOK NINE: THE BOOK OF SACRIFICES (Laws of Pascal Sacrifice)
* Needs to be omitted
**Needs to be changed
***No longer kept
***Law #404 To slaughter the paschal sacrifice at the
specified time (Ex. 12:6)
***Law #405 Not to slaughter it while in possession of
leaven (Ex. 23:18)
***Law #406 Not to leave the fat overnight (Ex. 23:18)
***Law #407 To slaughter the second paschal lamb (Num. 9:11)
***Law #408 To eat the paschal lamb with matzah and Marror
on the night of the 15th of Nissan (Ex. 12:8)
***Law #409 To eat the second paschal lamb on the night of
the 15th of lyar (Num. 9:11)
***Law #410 Not to eat the paschal meat raw or boiled (Ex.
12:9)
***Law #411 Not to take the paschal meat from the confines
of the group (Ex. 12:46)
***Law #412 An apostate must not eat from it (Ex. 12:43)
***Law #413 A permanent or temporary hired worker must not
eat from it (Ex. 12:45)
***Law #414 An uncircumcised male must not eat from it (Ex.
12:48)
***Law #415 Not to break any bones from the paschal offering
(Ex. 12:46)
***Law #416 Not to break any bones from the second paschal
offering (Num. 9:12)
***Law #417 Not to leave any meat from the paschal offering
over until morning (Ex. 12:10)
***Law #418 Not to leave the second paschal meat over until
morning (Num. 9:12)
***Law #419 Not to leave the meat of the holiday offering of
the 14th until the 16th (Deut. 16:4)
Saturday, April 1, 2017
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