The concept of the soul that is the underlying deeper mystery of Mishpatim is further hinted at in this passage.
Shemos: 23:9. And you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the feelings of the stranger, since you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
What does it mean to be a stranger to your own soul? When Israel was in Egypt they were strangers to their inner core of being meaning they were not complete in their connection with Hashem. Until they received the Torah they were lost in terms of their relationships with each other and with Hashem.
The stranger that Torah is speaking of above when mentioning this particular mitzvah is the person who is out of touch with Hashem. He is to be made to feel welcome and not an outcast. When we let go of our attachments the soul may fly upwards in connection with Hashem. Once you recognize that the soul within is one with Hashem then you become familiar with (closer to) Hashem at every opportunity for connection.
The inner meaning here is that we are open to share the goodness that we receive from Hashem. Since Israel has come from the similar place of being a stranger in a stranger land we must make sure that others strange to our ways of being are not rejected outright but are offered all the hospitality even to what Avraham offered the angels when they came to visit.
Shemos: 23:10. Six years you may sow your land and gather in its produce.
Six years according to the Arizal refers to Zeir Anpin the six sephiroth emanating from the Chabad triangle of Chokmah, Binah and Daas. These six sephiroth are the emotional attributes, the middot that proceed as a result of the Hishtashelut (chaining down of ideation).
In a sense they (the middot-Zeir Anpin-six years) water the Kingdom or Malchus which is symbolized by ‘produce’ in the Torah phrase. In between there is the sowing or action of the Sephiroth of Yesod – generation that directs the divine influence in conjunction with the original idea found up above.
Shemos: 23:13. Concerning all that I have said to you you shall beware, and the name of the gods of others you shall not mention; it shall not be heard through your mouth.
Everything issues forth from Hashem. There is no other. The mitzvoth have been given detailing the journey of the soul and also how we may consider Hashem in our daily meditations. Yes ‘you shall be beware’ but more importantly you should have the awareness of Hashem with you every moment. This is one of the core ideas that this parasha brings home.
Shemos: 23: 20. Behold, I am sending an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
The place that is prepared for the soul is the world to come and the angel is the Shechinah that guards us during our sojourn preparing us to enter Gan Eden above.
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