Parshas Shoftim: Always Keep Growing in Tzidkus

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why does the pasuk say tzedek twice in tzedek tzedek tirdof? One reading: growth is infinite, so even a tzaddik keeps pursuing the next level of tzaddikus. Another reading chases away a righteousness that has cost us our humility, and a third asks for honest means even toward good goals. The king's second Sefer Torah and the parsha's last pasuk carry the same theme of measuring ourselves and continuing to grow.

Key points

• One answer: the treasury Sefer Torah is the pristine standard for checking how we live Torah.
• One reading of the last pasuk: doing right in Hashem's eyes erases the feeling of being finished.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Opening
2. 2:47Tzedek tzedek tirdof
3. 4:00Good goals and honest means
4. 4:58The king's two Sifrei Torah
5. 7:01The last pasuk and eglah arufah

Topics

• Parshas Shoftim
• Tzedek Tzedek Tirdof
• Sefer Torah
• Humility