"Put away the Evil from Among You" - or else we see what happens
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The annual Torah portion reading this week is parsha "Shoftim" (Deuteronomy 16:18 through 21:9) and it begins with exactly what the Hebrew word means: appointment of "judges." Unlike what we've gotten used to now that "lawlessness abounds," however, they are to judge "righteously." Thus, in accord with His Instruction, which is what "torah" means.
And as the Erev Shabbat reading says shortly thereafter, "justice, JUSTICE you shall pursue." What a concept. "Quaint," even -- by woke standards (or lack…
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