Mishpatim: Chapter 1

"And these are the judgments which you shall set before them"

Synopsis

Rabbi Shimon says that the title verse refers to the rules concerning reincarnation - the judgments of souls that are to be sentenced according to their punishable acts.

Aramaic Judgment Reincarnation Soul, The

1. Rabbi Shimon opened with the words, "And these are the judgments which you shall set before them" (Shemot 21:1). ALSO IN THE ORIGINAL ARAMAIC, IT SPEAKS OF JUDGMENTS. These are the rules concerning reincarnation, NAMELY, the judgments of souls that INCARNATE AGAIN IN THIS WORLD to be sentenced each according to its punishable acts.

1. פָּתַח ר' שִׁמְעוֹן וְאָמַר, וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תָּשִׂים לִפְנֵיהֶם, תַּרְגוּם, וְאִלֵּין דִּינַיָּא דִּתְסַדֵּר קֳדָמֵיהוֹן. אִלֵּין אִינּוּן סִדּוּרִין דְּגִלְגּוּלָא, דִּינִין דְּנִשְׁמָתִין, דְּאִתְדָּנוּ כָּל חַד וְחַד לָקֳבֵל עוֹנְשֵׁיהּ.

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