Parashah Shoftim continues Moses’s speech delineating various legal teachings for Israel. It tries to promote justice from within the community. Every member of the community is entitled to the same justice and deserve a fair government.
This week’s parashah starts by saying the Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, plus their dependents. Moreover, a mixed multitude went out with them and many livestock, both flocks and herds. It ends with...
In Va-et’chanan, many powerful lessons can be learned, with the ten commandments, the Sh’ma, and the V’ahavta in this parashah.
This week’s parashah, Noach, tells the story of Noah. Noah is considered a righteous man, for his time. There are ten generations from Adam to Noah and ten generations from Noah to Abraham. For the first time, the women, Noah’s wife and his daughters-in-law are left unnamed.