All posts in: Shoftim

• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  Shaking ourselves off from the dust (short vort)

  This week’s haftara includes the line in ‘lecha dodi’ “hisne’ari me’afar kumi” – shake yourselves off and get up from ..

  Written by D Fine
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• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  Some mitzvas are better to pass on!!

  Some mitzvas are better not done!! For example in this weeks parsha we are told “Soim Tasim Olecha Melech” “You shall appoint a king over you”. ..

  Written by B Rose
• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  The Decapitated Calf – Eglah Arufah

  At the end of the parsha, we have the chapter of the Eglah Arufa (decapitated calf). [Devorim 21: 1-9] The law, simply stated, is that if one finds a dead body in an open ..

  Written by B Rose
• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  FIGHT TO WIN

  It seems that many people are becoming frustrated with the Israeli government. Eleven months they have been killing us and the army barely responds. I don’t ..

  Written by B Rose
• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  Trust in Hashem

  The Torah says that we should not tolerate the presence of witches sorcerers or any people who seek out the future through forbidden means. Rather, “Tamim ..

  Written by B Rose
• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  Parshas shoftim; Malchus

  Parshas Shoftim; Malchus The subject of authority is one which crops up lots in this week’s sedra of shoftim; and indeed is the title of the sedra too. For example, ..

  Written by D FIne
• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  Temimus – Completion

  There is a ‘strange’ Targum onkelus in this weeks sedra which can be missed if blinking during shnayim mikra (or laining for the yemenites out there!). ..

  Written by D Fine
• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  The kohanim DO have authority!

  We are told that if we have a difficulty in resolving a dispute among litigants, or if we are unsure about a certain law and we cannot resolve the matter within ..

  Written by B Rose
• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  Gates of Justice

  Parshas Shoftim begins with the command to appoint judges in all the cities of Israel. The Torah states: “Judges and officers shall you appoint in all your ..

  Written by Ben Rose
• Shoftim

  7 years ago

  Torah Role Models

  Parshas Shoftim starts by telling us something seemingly very obvious: The Torah tells us that we should “have judges and policemen in all our cities”. ..

  Written by B Rose