Parashat Shoftim has two political mitzvoth: crowning a king, and listening to Beit Din. Rav Aviad Sanders claims that the tension between the two is the basis of the modern Jewish system of checks and balances.
Rav Aviad Sanders comments on Parshat Ki Tetzei - the Parsha of "Life." Rav Sanders describes the importance and relevance to our daily lives of the details of this Parsha. What does the Parsha teach us about the choice between personal goals and communal ones?
In our Parsha we meet Moshe Rabeinu, who will be the main charachter in all the following Chumashim. Who Is Moshe Rabeinu? The first ten psukim about him don't mention any names - not his parents', not his sister's and even not his. Why start the story of this great leader so encryptly?
A short Dvar-Torah for Shabat table. Shabat Shalom!
