Parshas Mishpatim: The Eved Ivri Whose Ear Is Drilled

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Every Yid had a chelek in the korbanos, because the machtzis hashekel collected from everyone paid for them. The shekalim were collected anew each Nisan and announced in Adar, which is why we read Parshas Shekalim. In Mishpatim, Rav Hutner asks why only the eved ivri's ear is drilled, and why Shema opens with hearing. An eved is one who hears and accepts, so one who chose a human master over Hashem has his ear drilled.

Key points

• The Gemara in Megillah has Hashem set the shekalim mitzvah against Haman's shekalim.
• Rav Hutner asks why only this aveira earns a drilled ear, and not every other.
• The Gemara in Bava Kamma has one who deafens pay full value, since an eved must hear.

In this shiur

1. 0:00What Parshas Shekalim is
2. 3:00Haman's shekalim in the Gemara
3. 5:07Rashi on drilling the eved's ear
4. 7:58Why drill the ear for this aveira
5. 9:49Damages for blinding and deafening
6. 12:02Being an eved of Hashem
7. 13:19Link to Rebbi writing down Torah
8. 14:28Translating the word Shema

Topics

• Parshas Shekalim
• Eved Ivri
• Krias Shema
• Machtzis HaShekel