1. Where does the Torah tell us that a Doctor's fee must be paid?
2. What Aveirah are we told to distance ourselves from?
3. Posuk 24:8 states that blood was sprinkled on the people. Is this what actually happened?
4. Why does a thief have to pay back 5 cows for a stolen cow but only 4 sheep for a stolen sheep?

Answers:

1. V'Rapo Y'Rapei, Shmos 21:19, Rashi (Rashi quotes the Targum, and the fee for the doctor shall be paid).
2. Lying (Shmos 23:7).
3. The blood was sprinkled on the Altar on behalf of the people (Rashi from the Targum).
4. Since a person must carry a sheep on his back when he steals it, the thief only has to pay back 4 sheep due to his embarrasment. An ox can be led away on its own feet and no embarrasment is suffered. The thief must therefore pay back 5 oxen. The Torah has mercy on the honor of people. (Rashi 21:37).

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