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The Mitzvah of Forgetting

The Mitzvah of Forgetting

“Ki Teitzei l’milchamah al oyvecha v’natnu Adonai Elohecha beyadecha v’shavita shivyo” When you go out to war against your enemy, God will place your enemy in your hand and you will them them captive. Notice that this is written in the singular. The Ba’al Shem Tov...

Carrying Torah Into the World

Carrying Torah Into the World

Parashat Shoftim continues on the themes laid out last week in parashat re’eh: how do we build an ideal society and systems of government when we arrive in the holy land? But while Re’eh focused specifically on how we care for the neediest among us, Shoftim deals with...