
Shoftim
Parashat Hashavua - Torah Portion - Shoftim
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JUSTICE WILL PURSUE YOU
Why would we countenance vigilantism? Does the Torah really want to promote the "law of the jungle?"
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The Ecological Imperative
A weekly Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly portion "Shoftim".
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Precisely how the Mashiach will come?
Beyond the four Amot: a short video about the weekly Parsha "Softim".
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A Sage is Greater than a Prophet
A Shiur by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks for the weekly Torah reading of "Shoftim".
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WHY 'DRAFTING GROOMS'?!- Parshat Shoftim
In explaining on this week's parsha that there are no exemptions from Milchemet Mitzva (obligatory wars), the unique (and admittedly surprising!) term used by our sages is: "that even the groom must leave the yichud room, and the bride, from her canopy" to go with Israel to war. This short and practical article with today's war in Israel, does not (!) deal with drafting women but rather offers 4 innovative explanations behind this surprising phrase.
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