Sunday, May 20, 2018

Promise To Love Yourself

Saturday, May 13, 2017

Law vs Lie (Laws #591-613) Laws of Kings

Saturday, May 6, 2017

*Law #591-613 ~ BOOK FOURTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGES (Law of Kings and their Wars)


Law #591 Appoint a king from Israel (Deut. 17:15)

Law #592 Not to appoint a convert (Deut. 17:15)

Law #593 The king must not have too many wives (Deut. 17:17)

Law #594 The king must not have too many horses (Deut. 17:16)

Law #595 The king must not have too much silver and gold (Deut. 17:17)

Law #596 Destroy the seven Canaanite nations (Deut. 20:17)

Law #597 Not to let any of them remain alive (Deut. 20:16)

Law #598 Wipe out the descendants of Amalek (Deut. 25:19)

Law #599 Remember what Amalek did to the Jew people Deut. 25:17)

Law #600 Not to forget Amalek’s atrocities and ambush on our journey from Egypt in the desert (Deut. 25:19)

Law #601 Not to dwell permanently in Egypt (Deut. 17:16)

Law #602 Offer peace terms to the inhabitants of a city while holding siege, and treat them according to the Torah if they accept the terms (Deut. 20:10)

Law #603 Not to offer peace to Ammon and Moab while besieging them (Deut. 23:7)

Law #604 Not to destroy fruit trees even during the siege (Deut. 20:19)

Law #605 Prepare latrines outside the camps (Deut. 23:13)

Law #606 Prepare a shovel for each soldier (Deut. 23:14)

Law #607 Appoint a priest to speak with the soldiers to during the war (Deut. 23:14)

Law #608 He who has taken a wife, build a new home, or planted a vineyard is given a year to rejoice with his possessions (Deut. 24:5)

Law #609 Not to demand from the above any involvement communal or military (Deut. 24:5)

Law #610 Not to panic and retreat during battle (Deut. 20:3)

Law #611 Keep the laws of the captive women (Deut. 21:11)

Law #612 Not to sell her into slavery (Deut. 21:14)
Law #613 Not to retain her for servitude after having relations with her (Deut. 21:14)

*Law #587-590 ~ BOOK FOURTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGES (Law of Mourning)


Law #587 Mourn for relatives (Lev. 10:19)

***Law #588 The High Priest must not defile himself for any relative (Lev. 21:11)

***Law #589 The High Priest must not enter under the same roof as a corpse (Lev. 21:11)
***Law #590 A Kohen must not defile himself for anyone except relatives (Lev. 21:11)

*Law #578-586 ~ BOOK FOURTEEN: THE BOOK OF JUDGES (Law of Insurgents)


Law #578 At according to the ruling of the Sanhedrin (Deut. 17:11)

Law #579 Not to deviate from the word of the Sanhedrin (Deut. 17:11)

Law #580 Not to add to the Torah commandments or their oral explanations (Deut 13:1)

Law #581 Not to diminish from the Torah any commandments, in whole or in part (Deut. 13:1)

Law #582 Not to curse your father and mother (Ex. 21:17)

Law #583 Not to strike your father and mother (Ex. 21:15)

Law #584 Respect your father and mother (Ex. 20:12)

Law #585 Fear your father or mother (Lev. 19:3)
Law #586 Not to be a rebellious son (Deut. 21:18)

Law vs Lie (Laws #540-590) Laws of Punishment

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Law vs Lie (Laws #499 539) Running Business, Having Slaves

*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

Law vs Lie (Laws #463-498) Theft, Robbery

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)