You shall set up judges and enforcement officers for yourself in all your gates . . . (Devarim 16:18) From the seemingly redundant inclusion of the words “for ..
Written by Rabbi Moshe Kormornick
We have been instructed to “appoint judges for yourselves in all of your gates” [1] indicating that there should be a court in every city [2]. Why then does ..
Written by Rabbi Daniel Leeman
It seems that many people are becoming frustrated with the Israeli government. Eleven months they have been killing us and the army barely responds. I don’t ..
Written by B Rose
The Torah says that we should not tolerate the presence of witches sorcerers or any people who seek out the future through forbidden means. Rather, “Tamim ..
Written by B Rose
Parshas Shoftim; Malchus The subject of authority is one which crops up lots in this week’s sedra of shoftim; and indeed is the title of the sedra too. For example, ..
Written by D FIne
There is a ‘strange’ Targum onkelus in this weeks sedra which can be missed if blinking during shnayim mikra (or laining for the yemenites out there!). ..
Written by D Fine
We are told that if we have a difficulty in resolving a dispute among litigants, or if we are unsure about a certain law and we cannot resolve the matter within ..
Written by B Rose
Parshas Shoftim begins with the command to appoint judges in all the cities of Israel. The Torah states: “Judges and officers shall you appoint in all your ..
Written by Ben Rose
Parshas Shoftim starts by telling us something seemingly very obvious: The Torah tells us that we should “have judges and policemen in all our cities”. ..
Written by B Rose
This is a very well known Pasuk in the Torah – “to be wholehearted With Hashem” so in order to follow it we have to know what ..
Written by R Didio