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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Rabbi Mark Shook

Finding God in the details of Mishpatim

BY RABBI MARK LESLIE SHOOKPublished February 15, 2012

"Oh rabbi, I may not follow everything in the Torah, but I do believe in the Ten Commandments. That should count for something." Indeed. I wish I had a dime for every time I heard that approach to the observance or rather non-observance of biblical laws....

Putting noble impulses above selfish ones

BY RABBI SETH D GORDONPublished January 26, 2011

We cannot avoid encountering the other - the stranger, the foreigner, the alien. How should we react? Do we recoil or do we welcome them, do we enrich ourselves at their expense or do we support them? Amidst several dozen laws, Mishpatim, curiously, includes...

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