vital information: FW: Shoftim, Rabbinic Authority, Going to War, and Elul

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Subject: Shoftim, Rabbinic Authority, Going to War, and Elul

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Appointing Judges and Courts

What makes the Jewish system of justice different than all other other systems in the world?

Following the Rabbis

What does it mean to follow the rulings of Chazal even when they seem to say right is left and left is right?

Shoftim and Elul

Why is the parsha always read at the beginning of Elul? What does appointing judges and going to war have to do with teshuva?

Going to War

How is a Jewish army supposed to act, and what does a war look like according to the Torah?

The Jewish King

What is the Torah's view on the ideal version of government? And what are the qualities of a Jewish leader?

Recent Shiurim on Shoftim

•	Rabbi Yaakov Abramovitz: Non-Prophet Mitzvos
•	Rabbi Robby Charnoff: Guarding the Gates to My Inner World
•	Rabbi Avishai David: Guarding our senses from Aveirah and increasing our Talmud Torah quotient
•	Rabbi Joel Finkelstein: The Cohen of War
•	Rabbi Yosef Goldin: Kingship in Judaism
•	Rabbi Yamin Goldsmith: Tomorrow's Another Day
•	Rabbi Daniel Hartstein: Who Is Watching You?
•	Rabbi Gedaliah Jaffe: The Goal of the Yomim Noraim
•	Rabbi Chaim Marcus: Your Precious Soul & The Complexity of Faith
•	Mrs. Shira Smiles: Pillars - Perspective, People and Priorities
•	Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: Leaving the Battlefront or Homefront During War

Recent Articles on Shoftim

•	Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein: "Right and Left" – Following the Rulings of the Sanhedrin
•	Dr. Erica Brown: Blinding Wise Eyes
•	Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald: Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue
•	Mrs. Michal Horowitz: Preparing for War
•	Rabbi Norman Lamm : Stained Hands and Clouded Eyes
•	Rabbi Hershel Reichman : Battle of the Mind, Battle of the Heart
•	Rabbi Johnny Solomon: How Important is Morale?
•	Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik zt"l: Leket Pninei Harav
•	Rabbi Moshe Taragin: Keeping it Simple