Shabbat - 08/18/07 (4 Elul 5767)

For your local Shabbat Candle-lighting times, please go here. This week's reading is a double portion -- Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9). Topics in Shoftim: Establishment of just courts, Blemished sacrifice, The death penalty for an idol worshiper, The rebellious elder, A king in Israel, Priestly gifts, Prophecy, G-d sends His prophets to Israel, Cities of refuge, Preserving boundaries, Conspiring witnesses, When Israel goes to war, The Kohen anointed for battle speaks to the people, Those unqualified to fight, Overtures for peace, Preservation of fruit trees, Unsolved murder: the axed heifer For more information about this week's Parsha, please visit these sites. Orthodox Union Chabad Aish HaTorah United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism Union for Reform Judaism Jewish Reconstructionist Federation