This week's Torah portion continues the elucidation of the laws given to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. Interestingly, it begins with the laws governing household slavery within the Jewish people. How odd: to begin with the Ten Commandments, and then to sink to something so low, so condemnable!
One of the reasons God may have done this is to connect directly to the people. Recall that they were, only weeks before, slaves themselves. They would also refer repeatedly to their experiences as slaves in Egypt in their various protests to Moses. Therefore this was the area of law most familiar to them.
It was also important to emphasis how much better Jewish law was than Egyptian law. Slavery could never be lifelong, according to the Torah. In fact, lifetime slavery carried a moral stigma. This was the lesson God wanted people to remember: no matter how hard it was in the desert, it was better than Egypt.
Today's episode is devoted to the second anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks. It was produced before the announcement of a ceasefire deal, yet remains current & relevant.
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This week's portion is a beautiful poem, containing the Covenant between God and the people of Israel. But given the breaking news that Hamas may actually have agreed to release all of the Israeli hostages, I will devote my remarks to that.
One hopes it is true; if so, it makes this week's additional reading, from II Samuel 22, even more relevant: David's song of praise to the Lord for delivering him from the hand of his enemies.
"18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support."
So much to focus on this week -- and much breaking news. A peace deal in the Middle East, perhaps? Eric Adams dropping out of the mayor's race? And a looming shutdown as Democrats push their demands beyond absurdity.
Special guests:
- Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on the shutdown
- John Carney - Breitbart News financial editor, on the upcoming jobs report
- Jerome Hudson - Breitbart News entertainment editor, on the Kimmel fallout
- Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on the UN and Gaza talks
- Matisyahu - award-winning reggae artist, on his new album, "Ancient Child"
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