In this week's portion we are taught the laws regarding lending money: "If (im) you shall lend money to any of My people. . .do not act towards him as a creditor; do not lay interest upon him" (Exodus 22:24). Rashi, the great medieval commentator, states that although the verse uses the Hebrew word "im - if" which would usually imply a voluntary act - and therefore no obligation to lend money to a poor person in the first place - it is in fact one of three places in the Torah where that word instead means "when", suggesting an actual command to lend money. The question still remains, however, that if Hashem intended to teach the obligation of lending money to a poor person, why does the Torah use the terminology of choice?
Read more: http://shortvort.com/mishpatim-parasha/11661-if-a-when
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As we read in this week's parsha about the laws Hashem set forth for the nation of Israel, "And these are the ordinances that you shall set before them," it is ironic that a CNN co-host declared, "Our laws do not come from G-d, your honor, and you know that. They come from man."
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/02/12/cnns-cuomo-our-rights-do-not-come-from-god/
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