Torah Classes

Chp. 23 verse 1 - Chp. 24 verse 17: The prohibition of marrying your father's wife. Those who are prohibited to become converts. The laws of accepting the Edomite and the Egyptian as a convert. Laws concerning a soldier maintaining the sanctity of the Jewish camp. The laws of a runaway slave. The prohibition of prostitution. Laws of taking interest. Whoever makes a vow must fulfill it. The laws of a hired worker. Chp. 24, the laws of divorce. Laws of marriage. Laws of lending money to a Jew and taking security. Prohibition of kidnapping. Reminder about leprosy. More laws about loaning money. Laws about employees. One cannot testify for a father nor a father for a son.

Chp. 20 verse 10 - Chp. 21 verse 9: Continues with laws of warfare. The command to destroy the seven nations so that you so not learn from their abominations. Chp. 21, the laws of finding a dead body in the field between two cities, known as the "eglah arufah."

Chp. 19 verse 1 - Chp. 20 verse 9: begins with the laws of the "cities of refuge." The prohibition of moving a boundary marker. The laws of false witnesses called " eiydem zomamin" and their punishment. Chp. 20. The laws of going out to battle, and the promise that you will be successful.

Chp. 16 verse 18 - Chp. 17 verse 14: Introduction, the command to appoint judges that would adjudicate the law to the letter. The prohibitions of planting an Asherah tree and constructing an alter made up of one stone. Chp. 17, discusses the laws of idolatry and the necessity of at least two witnesses to execute the guilty party. The command to take any religious question to the rabbinic authority of your time and to abide by their decision.

Chp. 17 verse 14 - Chp. 18 verse 22: Discusses the laws of a king. Chp. 18, begins with the statement that neither the Cohen nor the Levite would have a portion in the land. It goes on to specify some of the gifts which would be given to the Cohamim. That any Cohen that comes to the Sanctuary would be allowed to serve and share in the priestly portion. The Torah forbids all forms of superstition. Hashem would provide true prophets from among the people, to lead and instruct them. However, the false prophet was to be punished with death.

Chp. 12 verse 22 - Chp. 13 verse 19: Begins with the prohibition of eating blood, to do what is proper in the eyes of Hashem and to not follow the ways of the other nations. Chp. 13, warning about a false prophet, and an inciter, and that they should be put to death. Laws of a "rebellious city."

Chp. 15 verse 7 - Chp. 16 verse 17: Laws of helping the poor. The laws of the hebrew slave. The laws of the firstborn of your flock. Chp. 16, Reviews the laws of Pesach, Shevuous, and Succos. Moshe empahasized that every male Israelite was to make a pilgrimage three times a year to the Sanctuary, bringing with him sacrifices, each person according to his means.

Chp. 11 verse 26 - Chp. 12 verse 21: Introduction, Moshe informs the people that they have a choice between blessings and curses, if they chose to follow the commands of G-d or not. He also informs them of the ceremony that would held on the mountains of Gerizim and Eival upon entering Eretz Yisrael. Chp. 12, Moshe reviews some of the laws that would regulate their lives once they entered the land. Laws concerning idols. Laws that would be connected to a central place of worship and sacrifices to Hashem. The prohibition of eating blood. Laws of tithing and to not forget the Levi. The laws of ritual slaughtering.

Chp. 14 verse 1 - Chp. 15 verse 7: Prohibition of self inflicted wounds, and of eating anything abominable. The dietary laws are reviewed. The laws of Ma'aser Sheini and where it should be eaten. Chp. 15, The laws of the sabbatical year.

Chp. 8 verse 9 - Chp. 10 verse 7: He assures them that they will eat and be sated. However, he warns them that ingratitude would be severely punished, and they would share the fate of the previous nations. Chp. 9, he reminds them of their earlier acts of rebellion. That is was only because of his intervention that they were saved. Chp. 10, he reminds them that Hashem then commanded him to hew out a second set of tablets, so that Hashem could write the commandments on them. He then mentions the death of Aaron and that Elazar his son took his place.