27 Amalek (Amaleq) Remember what ‘Amalek did to you on the road as you were coming out of Egypt, how he met you by the road, attacked those in the rear, those who were exhausted and straggling behind
Continue reading...26 Collateral (Chavil) No one may take a mill or even an upper millstone as collateral for a loan, because that would be taking as collateral the debtor’s very means of sustenance. (D’varim 24:6) The
Continue reading...25 Brother, Foreigner (Ach, Ger) But you are not to detest an Edomite, because he is your brother; and you are not to detest an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land. (D’varim 23:8) It
Continue reading...24 Hide Yourself (Hit’alam’tah) You are not to watch your brother’s ox or sheep straying and behave as if you hadn’t seen it; you must bring them back to your brother. If your brother is not
Continue reading...23 Cursed (Qil’lat) If someone has committed a capital crime and is put to death, then hung on a tree, his body is not to remain all night on the tree, but you must bury him the same day, because a
Continue reading...22 Fainthearted (L’vav’kem Yerak) When you go out to fight your enemies and see horses, chariots and a force larger than yours, you are not to be afraid of them; because Yahweh your God, who brought
Continue reading...21. Innocent Blood (Dahm Naqi) If Yahweh your God expands your territory, as he swore to your ancestors that he would, and gives you all the land he promised to give to your ancestors — provided you
Continue reading...20. Prophet (Nabi) Yahweh will raise up for you a prophet like me from among yourselves, from your own kinsmen. You are to pay attention to him, just as when you were assembled at Horev and requested Yahweh
Continue reading...19. King (Melech) When you have entered the land Yahweh your God is giving you, have taken possession of it and are living there, you may say, ‘I want to have a king over me, like all the other nations
Continue reading...18. Passover (Pesach) Observe the month of Aviv, and keep Pesach to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Aviv, Yahweh your God brought you out of Egypt at night. You are to sacrifice the Pesach offering
Continue reading...17. Release (Sh’mittah) At the end of every seven years you are to have a sh’mittah. Here is how the sh’mittah is to be done: every creditor is to give up what he has loaned to his fellow member
Continue reading...16. Abomination (Thoevah) You are not to eat any abomination. The animals which you may eat are: ox, sheep, goat, deer, gazelle, roebuck, ibex, antelope, oryx and mountain sheep. Any animal that
Continue reading...15. Seduce (Hadicha) If a prophet or someone who gets messages while dreaming arises among you and he gives you a sign or wonder, and the sign or wonder comes about as he predicted when he said, ‘Let’s
Continue reading...14. The Place (Hamaqum) Here are the laws and rulings you are to observe and obey in the land Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess as long as you live on earth. You must destroy
Continue reading...13. Discipline of Yahweh (Et-Musar Yahveh) “Therefore, you are to love Yahweh your God and always obey his commission, regulations, rulings and mitzvot. Today it is you I am addressing — not
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