This Shabbat we read Parashat Shoftim, one which is appropriately named since shoftim means “judges” and this parasha contains many laws about the appropriate ways of judging other people. One such rule is that in order for a person to be convicted of a crime, there must be at least two witnesses. No matter the …

This Shabbat we read Parashat Re’eh, the latter sections of which are recognizable as the Torah reading for the final days of Passover and Shavuot as well as Shmini Atzeret.   Yet the rest of the parasha should not be overlooked as it contains many interesting and important commandments.  One such instruction comes in Chapter …