Every week, parshaoftheweek.com brings you a rich selection of material on parshat hashavua, the weekly portion traditionally read in synagogues all over the world. Using both classic and contemporary material, we take a look at these portions in a fresh way, relating them to both ancient Jewish concerns as well as cutting-edge modern issues and topics. We also bring you material on the Jewish holidays, as well as insights into life cycle rituals and events...
This week’s parsha, Shoftim, contains one of the more challenging and suggestive verses in the Torah. The parsha deals mainly with civil law: kings, judges, warfare. Among the rules of war to be found in the parsha is one with tremendous importance to us, as we foolishly continue to destroy our natural resources, putting our continued existence on the planet in danger.
