Weekly Portion Parasha Shoftim
August 15, 2025
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A man is lying in wait for his neighbor.
Deuteronomy 19:11-12
“But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities…”
A priest listening to a dispute.
Deuteronomy 17:9
“And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days; and thou shalt inquire, and they shall declare unto thee the sentence of judgment.”
Parashat Shoftim “Judges” פָּרָשַׁת שׁוֹפְטִים Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9, is the fourth Torah portion in Deuteronomy, the 5th and last Book of the Bible, and the 48th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading which begins on Rosh Ha Shana, the Jewish New Year.
Parasha Shoftim discusses the appointment of judges and cases involving cities of refuge.
Shoftim Tallit
Shoftim Tallit Band I
A man is lying in wait for his neighbor.
Translation of Hebrew
Book chapter 19, verse 11 and 12:
"But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die; and he flee into one of these cities; [12] then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence…"
Shoftim Tallit Band II
A priest is listening to a dispute.
Translation of Hebrew (Book chapter 17, verse 9):
"And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days; and though shalt inquire, and they shall declare unto thee the sentence of judgment."
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