parshat Shoftim

How do we implement principles from this week's Parsha in our beit din network, “Eretz Hemdah- Gazit”?

This week's Torah reading envisions for us an efficient, organized system of law and order, justice, and fairness. The Torah set a very high bar regarding the selection of judges and police. They are to be free of prejudice, bias and personally held agendas and social ideals.

This short little five-word phrase – “You should be tamim with Hashem your G-d” - is one of the most powerful and profound p’sukim in the Torah. But - what does “Tamim” mean?

The parsha of Shoftim is the classic source of the three types of leadership in Judaism, called by the Sages the “three crowns”: of priesthood, kingship and Torah.

The first commandment addressed to the Jewish king is: “Just he should not acquire for himself many horses, and he should not return the nation to Egypt to acquire many horses" . The commentators have explanations of the connection between the prohibition on horses and the matter of not going to Egypt.

Discussing Jewish property rights and real estate, comparing the laws as they apply in the Diaspora and in the Land of Israel.

A Shiur by Rabbi Berel Wein for the Weeky Torah reading of "Shoftim".