Talmud in Verse
Mosaic Express | March 01, 2024
Print This Article
View Original PDF
TALMUD IN VERSE
By Justice Michel M. J. Shore
The civil law teachings of Baba Kama
Open the judicial portals of reason,
To intricately solve all cases
Of damages to property and persons.
Damages perpetrated are resolved
By levels of responsibility.
Damages committed by accident
Are different then those by intention.
An assessment is value calculated
By degree of injury and suffering,
By assessment of needs for recovery
With full account taken for lost wages.
Even embarrassment takes its toll,
Both emotional and physical, thus, all.
(Bava Kama interprets Parsha Mishpatim, in Exodus, 21:18-37 and 22:1-14)
View The Full Article (PDF)