Adrienne Scott

Ki Teitzei: When You Go Out as a Warrior

D'Var Torah By: Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell, PhD

Parashat Ki Teitzei includes a rich and varied collection of directives that serve as a partial blueprint for behaviors and norms to create the emerging covenantal culture. As Professor Adele Berlin notes, “Issues pertaining to women are prominent in this parashah. . . . Much in the ideal society that