Episode 10 – Shoftim: Checks & Balances; Prophets & Sorcerers |
This week in Parshat Shoftim, we hear the call to appoint judges and officials in all your gates. From here the Torah builds a framework for justice and governance: judges to interpret the law, officials to carry it out, kings bound by limits, priests serving in the Temple, and prophets guiding the people. We explore how these roles balance one another and what it means to pursue justice, mishpat tzedek, as the foundation of a society.
We explore:
• The Torah’s blueprint for a judicial and executive system at the city gates
• The king’s limits and the principle that even rulers are bound by law
• The place of prophets — and how to distinguish prophecy from forbidden sorcery
• Why Torah insists that justice is not just lofty but practical, rooted in daily governance
| Parshat Shoftim 5785
Torah: Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9 | Haftarah: Isaiah 51:12–52:12 |
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Special thanks to Toli Kohane-Carter for editing and to Abigail Seman for music.
