Walk Through The Door

The Kli Yakar says one of the messages of the eved evri getting his ear pierced against the doorway is that the doorway is open for him to go free but he refuses to walk through it. 

Many individuals are enslaved to the cycle of life that exists in this world and can not escape.  However, there are times when one stands right in front of the door. שער החצר הפנימית הפנה קדים יהיה סגור ששת ימי המעשה וביום השבת יפתח וביום החדש יפתח.  There is the door of Shabbos, the time when ready or not, the Shabbos comes and the door is open for a person to walk through.  Then there is Rosh Chodesh, החדש הזה לכם, it is up to the individual to establish for themselves the door to break through (Sfas Emes.)  There are times in life when the door may be in front of the individual because they have worked to make the door, the Rosh Chodesh door or the Shabbos door, it is standing before one automatically, but one must choose to walk through. 

The parsha of Mishpatim opens with many different laws and then at the end circles back to the story of Mattan Torah.  Why is there an interruption of all these laws between the two parshiot of Mattan Torah? אין לך בן חורין אלא מי שעוסק בתורה.  The Torah transformed a nation of slaves into בן חורין.  In the parsha of Yisro, the focus is on the majesty of the giving of the Torah.  The קולות ברקים ענן וכו, the giving of the Torah from Hashem to us.  The door being given.  Mishpatim is about נעשה ונשמע, the acceptance of Klal Yisroel.  That is why the mishpatim interrupt.  It is to demonstrate that it is not enough to merely have the Torah, but one must make it a part of themselves.  The mishpatim are understandable.  It is something one can wrap their head around.  It is only when a person is willing to delve into understanding the Torah that they can obtain the freedom of the Torah.