Parasha Cards – Mishpatim

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1 כִּ֤י תִקְנֶה֙ עֶ֣בֶד עִבְרִ֔י שֵׁ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים יַעֲבֹ֑ד וּבַ֨שְּׁבִעִ֔ת יֵצֵ֥א לַֽחׇפְשִׁ֖י חִנָּֽם וְאִם־אָמֹ֤ר יֹאמַר֙ הָעֶ֔בֶד...לֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א חׇפְשִֽׁי וְהִגִּישׁ֤וֹ אֲדֹנָיו֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹקִִ֔ים וְהִגִּישׁוֹ֙ אֶל־הַדֶּ֔לֶת א֖וֹ אֶל־הַמְּזוּזָ֑ה וְרָצַ֨ע אֲדֹנָ֤יו אֶת־אׇזְנוֹ֙ בַּמַּרְצֵ֔עַ וַעֲבָד֖וֹ לְעֹלָֽם When someone buys a Jewish servant, the servant works for six years. In the seventh year, the servant goes free. If he doesn't want to go free, his owner takes him to the Jewish court. Once there, his owner brings him to the door and pierces his ear.    
2 נֶ֖פֶשׁ תַּ֥חַת נָֽפֶשׁ עַ֚יִן תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן יָ֚ד תַּ֣חַת יָ֔ד רֶ֖גֶל תַּ֥חַת רָֽגֶל If someone hurts another person's eye, hand, foot, or a different limb, he has to pay the person he has hurt. He gives him the value of the limb he has damaged.    
3 אִם־כֶּ֣סֶף ׀ תַּלְוֶ֣ה אֶת־עַמִּ֗י אֶת־הֶֽעָנִי֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ לֹא־תִהְיֶ֥ה ל֖וֹ כְּנֹשֶׁ֑ה לֹֽא־תְשִׂימ֥וּן עָלָ֖יו נֶֽשֶׁךְ When you loan money to a Jew, it is forbidden to charge him interest.  
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