This week's parashah is Shoftim – שֹׁפְטִים ("Judges"), D'varim/Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9, which discusses guidelines of leadership, opening with a command to appoint judges and continuing to detail laws of kings, priests, and prophets. It also describes laws relating to cities of refuge for accidental killers, false witnesses, warfare, and the rite performed in a case of unsolved murder. We'll read & discuss the Continue Reading »