Join us for a discussion on this week’s Torah portion, which will be Parashat Shoftim.

We will have a light breakfast as we discuss this week’s Parashat. Please bring something to share.

“Commentary on Parashat Shoftim, Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9” (MyJewishLearning.com)

“Moses continues his last speech to the Israelites before he dies saying: “Judges shall be appointed to judge the people with justice. You shall not twist judgment by recognizing a face or accepting bribery, because both blind the eyes of the wise and cause the words of the righteous to falter. Justice, justice shall you pursue, so that you may live and take possession of the land which God, your God, is giving you.

“Do not make a memorial stone for God, nor offer to God a blemished animal for sacrifice.

“If you find an individual who does evil in the eyes of God and transgresses God’s covenant, then you shall make careful inquiry. If it turns out to be true according to the word of two or three witnesses, then that person shall die. No one shall be put to death on the basis of the word of only one witness.

“If the matter is too difficult for you to decide, between blood and blood, between right and right, between damage and damage, then you shall come to the priests for judgment.””