Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan Parshat Mishpatim 3

the land of Israel they shall not dwell in your land lest they cause you to sin against me and in now on page 441 chapter 24 we have continuation of the story of receiving Torah on Mount Sinai and we learn that before receiving the Torah the Jewish people had to enter into the Covenant with God and there to undergo conversion and the conversion consisted of circumcision which they did in Egypt in McVay or sprinkling of um the blood of an offering number three bringing a sacrifice and number four acceptance of the mitzvot by saying na seven ishma we will do and we will listen so in verse 5 it says Moshe sent the young men of the children of Israel and they brought up elevation offering and slaughtered Bulls as peace offerings to Hashem these are the offerings Again part of the conversion procedure Moshe in verse 7 took the book of the Covenant and read it in the ears of people and they said the people answered everything that Hashem has said we will do and we will obey this is the famous statement ishma Marshall took the blood and threw it upon the people the sprinkle of the blood is um what in our times we do immersion on him in the Mikvah and he said behold the blood of the Covenant that Hashem sealed with you concerning all these matters now verse 10. they saw the god of Israel and under his feet was the likeness of sapphire brickwork and it was like the essence of the heaven in purity we're on page 443 verse 12. Moshe ascends to the mountain to receive the tablets Hashem said to Moshe Ascend to me to the mountain and remain there and I shall give you the stone tablets and uh in verse 14 to the elders Moshe said wait for us here until we return to you behold aharon and are with you whoever has any problem shall approach them so Moshe and Joshua went towards the mountain and aharon and became the leaders of the Jewish people for the next 40 days verse 15 Moshe ascended the mountain and the cloud covered the mountain and verse 18 Moshe arrived in the midst of the cloud and ascended the mountain and Moshe was on the mountain for 40 days and 40 nights this concludes parashat mishpatim thank you for listening shabbat shalom