Parshat Mishpatim with Reb Chaim Kramer

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Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the Breslov weekly Parshah shiur. This week is Mishpatim. Mishpatim carries with it civil law. Almost all the laws of Mishpatim, almost all, are financial laws - how to treat people, a sick person, a healthy person, if you have a servant, what to do if you entrust some of your monies or objects to other people. And the Parshah goes on: If you lend money, and so on and so forth. I'm going to focus on one law. It's a law, it’s the first piece in Likutey Halachos from Reb Noson that I learned when I got my first volume of Likutey Halachos. It's the laws of returning a lost object. No - it's the laws of helping somebody else. That's what it is. The passuk says: Ki sireh chamor sona'acho - If you see the mule of your enemy, rovetz tachas masa'o - it is breaking under its yoke, azov ta'azov imo - help the person out. In other words, go and help unpack the mule. Take off all the packages or crates, whatever it is that it's carrying, let it rest, and then put it back together again. Help the owner of the mule to repack and pack the donkey, the mule, so that it can continue its journey. We're not talking about today's cars, we're talking about animals, mules. So Reb Noson says, amazing: Ki sireh chamor sona'acho - If you see the mule of an enemy. He says, you're not allowed to hate anybody. What do you mean ‘an enemy’? And he explains that the enemy is someone who committed sins. Him, you're allowed to turn away. Him, you're allowed to turn away if he continuously does sins. Chamor is from the word ‘chomer’, or material - very material. He

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1. 0:03Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the Breslov weekly Parshah shiur. This week is Mishpatim. Mishpatim carries with…
2. 0:40what to do if you entrust some of your monies or objects to other people. And…
3. 1:55whatever it is that it's carrying, let it rest, and then put it back together again.…
4. 2:31amazing: Ki sireh chamor sona'acho - If you see the mule of an enemy. He says,…
5. 3:42in immorality, or he's a thief, or whatever it is - he’s a bully, he does…
6. 4:19away from him? No. You're not allowed. You have to extend your hand. You have to…
7. 5:29people that do things that mess up their life. There are people that commit sins. Or…
8. 6:01him something positive. Work with him. But that's only if the person wants to work with…
9. 7:19Im Yirtzeh HaSHem we're going to have a good life. And it's a great mitzvah too.…
10. 7:53Thank you for watching these videos. I hope they help, I hope they contribute to your…

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