Breastplate of Judgment (חֹושֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט)
Breastplate of Judgment (חֹושֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט)

Breastplate of Judgment

Question: The appointment of the judges of the treasury and the police of the beneficiaries in the section ("the column") called "Hoshen Mishphat" which Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher wrote in "Baal Haturrim" and is also called so in the "Shulchan Aruch".

("And you shall make a breastplate of judgment, of work like the work of the ephod: of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of two colors: and of six braided cords shalt thou make it" - Shemot Kohath Tu)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חֹושֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: כִּינּוּי לְדִינֵי מָמוֹנוֹת וּשְׁטָרוֹת הַמּוֹפִיעִים בַּחֵלֶק ("הַטּוּר") הַקָּרוּי "חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט" שֶׁכָּתַב רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב בֶּן אָשֵׁר "בַּעַל הַטּוּרִים" וְנִקְרָא כָּךְ גַּם בְּ"שֻׁלְחָן עָרוּךְ".

("וְעָשִׂיתָ חֹשֶׁן מִשְׁפָּט מַעֲשֵׂה חֹשֵׁב כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אֵפֹד תַּעֲשֶׂנּוּ זָהָב תְּכֵלֶת וְאַרְגָּמָן וְתוֹלַעַת שָׁנִי וְשֵׁשׁ מָשְׁזָר תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתוֹ"- שְׁמוֹת כֹּחַ טוּ)

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