שֹׁפְטִ֣ים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ בְּכׇל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ וְשָׁפְט֥וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם מִשְׁפַּט־צֶֽדֶק׃ You shall appoint magistrates and officials for your tribes, in all the settlements that your God יהוה is giving you, and they shall govern the people with due justice. לֹא־תַטֶּ֣ה מִשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹ֥א תַכִּ֖יר פָּנִ֑ים וְלֹא־תִקַּ֣ח שֹׁ֔חַד כִּ֣י הַשֹּׁ֗חַד יְעַוֵּר֙ עֵינֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף […]
Lior is currently in Jerusalem, learning at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Lior wrote the below text and made a serie of photos that capture the mood in the city. Note: The video of the commissioning of the torah scroll dedicated to the hostages by the family of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was shared in
At first glance, Bava Batra, described by Sefaria as “relationships between neighbours, land ownership, sales, and inheritance,” seems as dry as dust and almost as much fun as filling in a tax form in your third language. The opening Mishnah does little to dispel my assumption: Bava Batra 2a: Mishnah: Partners who wished to make
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For the last month I’ve had the extraordinary good fortune to be in Scotland studying at a Beit Midrash. Azara UK opened the first nondenominational yeshiva in Europe on the 21st of June and I was part of the first cohort of students learning Gemara, Torah, Halakhah, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, along with numerous other classes
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Lior participated in the European Jewish Queer Pride that took place in Rome from June 9 to 11. Below you can read a report Lior wrote on the event. Roma Shabbaton and PrideKeshet Italia kicked off the Pride season in Europe in grand style with a shabbaton and a brilliant float in the Roma Pride
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