Venue: Kew Gardens Hills Kew Gardens Hills

Gemara:

Sanhedrin 

Machshava:

Bein Adam L'Chaveiro,  Bi-Weekly Mussar,  Ethics,  Shabbat,  Torah 

Nach:

Yirmiyahu 

Parsha:

Bo,  Va'era 

Yerushalmi:

Rosh Hashana 

Description

What lesson can we derive from the Mitzva of freeing one's Hebrew slave? Why was this mitzva singled out and given to Bnei Yisrael before the redemption from Mitzrayim? All other 612 mitzvot were given at Har Sinai and not earlier. And why was it necessary to enter into a special covenant with regard to this mitzva? Why message can we derive from the makka of boils (schin) which brought Pharoh to the point at which he was ready to let the people free?