Posts tagged with ‘Shoftim’

2 Items

Shoftim 5773

by Rabbi Yaakov Grunewald

  The Sidra of Shoftim is devoted to the establishment of an Israelite state. It contains a large number of Mitzvot, 73 in total. Many of those Mitzvot are major laws regarding setting up  the government of the country. The Sidra begins with the appointment of judges and officers who were charged with making sure […]

Shoftim 5772

by Rabbi Yaakov Grunewald

The meaning of the name of today’s Sidra is JUDGES. The Torah commands us to appoint judges and officers to keep social order. The first verse reads: “You shall appoint judges and officers throughout your gates, i.e. cities, which the Lord your God is giving you, in the territory of every one of your tribes, […]