- Torah Portion and Tanach
- D'varim
- Shoftim
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The Torah bids judges and courts to rule fairly, justly and righteously. There is no judge in the world that enters the courtroom without one’s personal prejudices and preconceived beliefs entering with one. Yet the Torah still demands that this judge, burdened by the weight of one’s own prejudices and beliefs, judge the matter before one fairly and decently. The pursuit of true justice is a never ending one. The rabbis of the Talmud advised us to choose a court that has the established reputation for being fair and just and wise. The Talmud lists for us courts and judges that met this description in the early centuries of the Common Era. Being a judge is always a lonely and difficult position. No one will be completely satisfied with a judge’s decision. There always are perceived slights and injustices that occur in all legal proceedings. The Torah bids all of us somehow - judges, litigants, witnesses and the general public - to rise above these inescapable human failings and continue to pursue justice and righteousness as best we can. The prophet challenges us "to create justice." All human creations have an element of imperfection incorporated within them. We should not allow the presence of this unavoidable imperfection to cloud our general view of the necessity for the pursuit of justice to continue. Judges may falter and be found wanting but the Torah’s insistence upon the rule of justice and right in society is never ending. Both judges and police when set upon the Torah’s path of pursuing justice and a moral society fulfill a vital role in society and government.

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