Luke Ford writes: This week’s Torah portion is Shoftim:
Shoftim, Shof'tim, or Shofetim (×©×•×¤×˜×™× — Hebrew for “judges,” the first word in the parshah) is the 48th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the fifth in the book of Deuteronomy. It constitutes Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9. Jews in the Diaspora generally read it in August or September.
