"Is the tree of the field a man, to go into the siege before you?" Torah asks us. Or does it? Is this a question or a statement? Is a man like a tree? Or is a tree like a man? Is a tree a meaning filled, independent entity created by G-d? Or is a tree an extension of man's wants and necessities?

Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18 - 21:9)

Parashat Shoftim is read on Shabbat:

Elul 7, 5782/September 3, 2022

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