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48th Torah Portion – Deuteronomy/Devarim (דְּבָרִים) called Shoftim (שֹׁפְטִים) for 19, August 2023
Shofetim or Shoftim (שֹׁפְטִים—Hebrew for “judges,”)
Shabbat Shalom, y’all!
+++++ There was ++++ evening and morning We’re in the book of Deuteronomy (Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Devarim), reading in Shoftim test everything, hold tight to what is good – 1 Thessalonians 5:21
֍ ֍ ֍ What is this Torah portion?
This week we continue reading the fifth book of the Torah, called the “Book of Devarim” (Heb. ספר דברים), or Deuteronomy in the Christian Old Testament. “) The parashah, Shoftim, provides a constitution — a basic societal structure — for the Israelites. The parashah instructs Hebrews to Pursue Justice, JUSTICE you shall Pursue. sets out rules for judges, kings, Levites, prophets, cities of refuge, witnesses, war, and unsolved murder victims. (<<— edited directly from wikipedia)
֍ ֍ ֍ Where are we in our studies?
The Book of Deuteronomy (literally “second law,” from Greek deuteros + nomos“)
֍ ֍ ֍ What is our study called?
Study’s Name Shofetim or Shoftim (שֹׁפְטִים — Hebrew for “judges”) 48 Shoftim 19 August 2023, 2 Elul, Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9, Isaiah 51:12–52:12, John 14:9–20
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ Torah:
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ hafTarah:
֍ ֍ ֍ ֍ Brit haDashah
֍ ֍ ֍ Videos About This Portion in Some Way
Parshat Shoftim: What the Torah Says About Justice
Parshat Shoftim: What the Torah Says About Justice
BimBam Channel – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yYv5mjHGdI 40,285 views Aug 16, 2009 The Torah tells us “Justice, JUSTICE shall you pursue”. To beat us over the head with a point, or to tell us something more? Join Rabbi David Saperstein for a lesson in the rules of just being, and being just.
— This is Episode 48 of the weekly Torah cartoon from BimBam.com. Each week, a different storyteller – some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tell the story of the current Torah portion…and then we animate it
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NOTE: For Older Testament passages I’ve become rather interested in reading them in the Septuagint. I know some passages are different there comparably, but the Septuagint seems to have more depth in understanding than the Bibles translated using the Masoretic text created in about 600-1000 a.d. This is compared to the origins of the Septuagint.
The Septuagint is the very first translation of the Hebrew Bible from Hebrew to another language into Greek. It’s believed that it was probably translated as early as the third century BC. The Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek is traditionally dated to the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt (285-246 BC).
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