SHMIRAS SHABBOS: It is permissible to forgive a loan on Shabbos if there is a need to do it today and it’s done for a mitzva purpose - such as to bring joy to a friend [See Piskei Teshuvos 306:23 and note 156 there].
ASK AROUND YOUR SHABBOS TABLE: The laws of Mishpatim mostly contain civil laws that are logical. They are between the two parts of the narrative of Ma’amad Har Sinai, to tell us that even when we act properly in civil laws that are logical we need to “infuse” Har Sinai into them. In other words, Hashem wants us to connect His will into all of our actions and decisions - even if they are simple and logical.
RHYME: “winner”.
RIDDLES:
- Yossi was counting the words in the two brachos that are said by Krias HaTorah (“Asher Bochar Banu” & “Asher Nosan Lanu”). The Tur (OC §139) teaches that Chazal made those brachos have 40 words in order to correspond to the 40 days that Moshe Rabbeinu remained on Har Sinai.
- לִבְנַת הַסַּפִּיר - a sapphire brick (Shemos 24:10). Rashi writes: “a sapphire brick was before Him at the time of the bondage, to remember Bnei Yisroel’s troubles [i.e.,] that they were enslaved in the making of bricks.”
- Not to cause עינוי to another Jew: כָּל־אַלְמָנָה וְיָתוֹם לֹא תְעַנּוּן - You should not cause affliction to a widow or orphan. (Shemos 22:21) The word “affliction” here refers to both physical and emotional pain (see Sefer HaChinuch, mitzva 65). Rashi comments on this verse: “The same applies to all people (i.e., one is not allowed to hurt physically or emotionally any Jew). Here, the Torah speaks of the common situation, since widows and orphans are weak and they are frequently hurt.
*Note: Menucha’s answer are not to be taken as final decisions in halacha.