Shoftim
- Deuteronomy, Devarim, Dissertation, Judges, Kings, Messiah, Moses, Parsha, Priests, Prophet, Redemption, Sacrifice, Shoftim
Prophets, Priests, & Kings
Shoftim has it all…every popular messiah-type, that is! After declaring how the shared responsibility of community judgment should be directed, along with an all-too-familiar helping of laws to keep the community pure, the…
- Complete, Deuteronomy, Israelites, Judges, Justice, Kings, Moses, Parsha, Prophet, Pursue, Shabbat, Shoftim
Running after Justice
Following a week of a parsha filled with laws, and continuing the speech about blessings and curses, Parashat Shoftim gives tangible instructions for a newly solidifying society to appoint judges. The verses begin…
- Cincinnati, Deuteronomy, Instructions, Israelites, Judges, Justice, Kings, Land, Moving, Parsha, PhD, Shoftim, Torah, Wandering
Wandering Through the Moves
I arrived in Cincinnati late Tuesday night and completed my Ph.D. orientation this week. Last week I missed commenting on Parashat Re’ei, and this week we’re on to Parashat Shoftim! It’s fitting that…