Parasha Shoftim (Judges): Who Killed Jesus?

August 14, 2023 Shoftim (Judges) Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9; Isaiah 51:12–52:12; Mark 14:53–64 “Appoint judges [shoftim] and officials [shotrim] for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and …

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Parasha Shoftim (Judges): Who Killed Jesus?

August 29, 2022 Shoftim (Judges) Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9; Isaiah 51:12–52:12; Mark 14:53–64 “Appoint judges [shoftim] and officials [shotrim] for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and …

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Parasha Shoftim (Judges): Who Killed Jesus?

August 9, 2021 Shoftim (Judges) Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9; Isaiah 51:12–52:12; Mark 14:53–64 “Appoint judges [shoftim] and officials [shotrim] for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and …

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Parasha Shoftim (Judges): Who Killed Jesus?

August 17, 2020 Shoftim (Judges) Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9; Isaiah 51:12–52:12; Mark 14:53–64 “Appoint judges [shoftim] and officials [shotrim] for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and …

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Parasha Shoftim (Judges): Who Killed Jesus?

September 6, 2019 Moses instructs the nation of Israel to appoint judges and officers to teach, administer, and interpret the laws of the Torah. How did they judge Jesus?

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Parasha Shoftim (Judges): Who Killed Jesus?

August 17, 2018 Moses instructs the nation of Israel to appoint judges and officers to teach, administer, and interpret the laws of the Torah. How did they judge Jesus?

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Parasha Shoftim (Judges): Who Killed Jesus?

August 25, 2017 Moses instructs the nation of Israel to appoint judges and officers to teach, administer, and interpret the laws of the Torah. How did they judge Jesus?

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Parasha Shoftim (Judges): Who Killed Jesus?

September 6, 2016 In this week’s Torah portion, Moses instructed the nation of Israel in the appointing of judges (called shoftim in Hebrew) and law enforcement officers (called shotrim) to administer justice. These judges and officers would not only teach but also interpret the laws of the Torah.

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Shoftim: The Jewish King

August 21, 2015 In this week’s Torah portion, Moses instructed the nation of Israel in the appointing of judges (called shoftim in Hebrew) and law enforcement officers (called shotrim) to administer justice. These judges and officers would not only teach but also interpret the laws of the Torah. It also discusses the eventual appointment of the Jewish King.

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Parasha Shoftim (Judges): Exercising Judgment and the Knowledge of Good and Evil

August 29, 2014 This week’s Torah reading, called Judges (Shoftim in Hebrew), discusses the issue of justice according to a Biblical perspective. God commanded Moses to instruct the people of Israel to appoint shoftim (judges), a word derived from the word shafat, meaning to judge or to govern, and shotrim (officials or official books, and in modern Hebrew, police officers) to rule at the gates of the cities so that justice would prevail. These appointed leaders were expected to judge the people with fairness, equality and wisdom. They were forbidden from perverting justice in any way, such as showing favoritism or taking bribes.

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