In parshas Acharei Mos, Hashem states: “Ushmartem es chukosai v’es mishpatai asher ya’aseh osam ha’adam va’chai bahem ani Hashem” – “You shall keep My statutes and My laws, by the pursuit of which man shall live: I am Hashem.” The Degel Machaneh Ephraim teaches that while the mishpatim-laws of the Torah refer to those mitzvos which are understandable (at least on some level), such as the prohibition against thievery, and the mitzvah of honoring one’s parents, the Torah’s chukim-statutes refer…