Shoftim | 2026.08.13

This evening we explore wider and more subtle forms of bribes, which the Torah forbids for judges, and for everyone making a decision; flattery, personal connection to the question at hand, etc. As we enter the month of Ellul, the last month of the year before Rosh Hashanah, we should start what every good business does, an audit - financial (in terms of Tzedaka) and spiritual - our losses and…