Mishpatim: An Eye for An Eye

An Eye for an Eye: Mishpatim Afterthought (Exodus 21) and Jesus’ Teaching in Matthew 5 Shirah Chante a relationship coach and host on the Perfect Body Podcast, shares a Torah portion “afterthought” focused on Mishpatim (Exodus 21–24) and the phrase “an eye for an eye.” She reads Exodus 21:22–25, explaining the context as a case where men strike a pregnant woman, causing premature birth, with fines if there is no harm and “life for life, eye for eye” if harm occurs. She then connects this law ...