Parshat Mishpatim: What The Bible Says About Money Lending
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Exodus: 21:1-24:18
We know that giving is good. But how is interest like a snake bite? Parashat Mishpatim, sponsored by Hebrew Free Loan and narrated by Maharat Rori Picker Neiss, features the act of giving without interest — and a money-hungry serpent with other plans.
It offers the question: When someone asks to borrow money, do we use that as an opportunity to help them, or do we use it as an opportunity to help ourselves, and make ourselves rich with tiny little snake bites of interest?
Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it! For a source sheet and lesson guide for this animated short please visit http://www.g-dcast.com/weekly-parsha/