Mishpatim
Sign in to savethumb|right|250px|Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law (1868 painting by João Zeferino da Costa) Mishpatim (—Hebrew for "laws"; the second word of the parashah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Exodus. The parashah sets out a series of laws, which some scholars call the Covenant Code. It reports the Israelites' acceptance of the covenant with God. The parashah constitutes Exodus 21:1–24:18. The parashah is made up of 5,313 Hebrew letters, 1,462 Hebrew words, 118 verses, and 185 lines in a Torah scroll
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- Readings
- First reading—Exodus 21:1–19
- Second reading—Exodus 21:20–22:3
- Third reading—Exodus 22:4–26
- Fourth reading—Exodus 22:27–23:5
- Fifth reading—Exodus 23:6–19
- Sixth reading—Exodus 23:20–25
- Seventh reading—Exodus 23:26–24:18
- Readings according to the triennial cycle
- In ancient parallels
- Exodus chapters 21–22
- In inner-biblical interpretation
- Exodus chapters 21–23
- Exodus chapter 21
- Exodus chapter 22
- Exodus chapter 23
- Passover
- Shavuot
- Sukkot
- Milk
- Stone pillars
- In early nonrabbinic interpretation
- Exodus chapter 22
- Exodus chapter 23
- In classical rabbinic interpretation
- Exodus chapter 21
- Exodus chapter 22
- Exodus chapter 23
- Exodus chapter 24
- In medieval Jewish interpretation
- Exodus chapter 21
- Exodus chapter 23
- Exodus chapter 24
- In modern interpretation
- Exodus chapter 21
- Exodus chapter 22
- Exodus chapter 23
- Exodus chapter 24
- In critical analysis
- Commandments
- In the liturgy
- The Weekly Maqam
- Haftarah
- Generally
- Summary
- Connection to the Parashah
- On Shabbat Shekalim
- On Shabbat Rosh Chodesh
- On Shabbat Machar Chodesh
- Notes
- Further reading
- Ancient
- Biblical
- Early nonrabbinic
- Classical rabbinic
- Medieval
- Modern
- External links
- Texts
- Commentaries
thumb|right|250px|Moses Receives the Tablets of the Law (1868 painting by João Zeferino da Costa) Mishpatim (—Hebrew for "laws"; the second word of the parashah) is the eighteenth weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Exodus. The parashah sets out a series of laws, which some scholars call the Covenant Code. It reports the Israelites' acceptance of the covenant with God. The parashah constitutes Exodus 21:1–24:18. The parashah is made up of 5,313 Hebrew letters, 1,462 Hebrew words, 118 verses, and 185 lines in a Torah scroll (, Sefer Torah).
Jews read it on the eighteenth Shabbat after Simchat Torah, generally in February or, rarely, in late January. As the parashah sets out some of the laws of Passover, one of the three Shalosh Regalim, Jews also read part of the parashah (Exodus 22:24–23:19) as the initial Torah reading for the second intermediate day (, Chol HaMoed) of Passover. Jews also read the first part of Parashat Ki Tisa (Exodus 30:11–16) regarding the half-shekel head tax, as the maftir Torah reading on the special Sabbath Shabbat Shekalim, which often falls on the same Shabbat as Parashat Mishpatim (as it will in 2026, 2028, and 2029).