Justice for the Wicked

The Torah writes, (Shemos 23:6), "Don't pervert the judgment of your pauper in his quarrel," on which the Mechilta comments, "Your pauper," means a pauper in mitzvos. Don't say, `Since he is an evildoer, I will pervert his judgment' . . . " We need to understand what new point the Torah is making by telling us not to pervert the judgment of a rosho. Why would we have thought it permitted, if not for the Mechilta's interpretation?

Hey? What's cookin' by P. Chovav!

The world, we know, is divided into two types of people: those who love squash (zucchini) and those who don't.

Early in 1935, Dr. Johanna Maas called upon Mutti and told her that several women with no religious background had approached her with the wish to learn what it meant to be a Jew. Dr. Maas wanted to start a Chumash class and told Mutti that her name had been suggested by the Chinuch Librarian to be both a member of the class and a consultant. Mutti was delighted. From then on, she attended two 2-hour classes every week. She often remarked upon the rapid progress of the women and of their remarkable achievements and love of learning. "What does Rashi say?" they would ask Mutti.