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Two weeks ago, we read parashat Shoftim, including Devarim (Deuteronomy 21:1-9), we read the story of ha’egla ha’arufa – the innocent heifer, a young cow who has not yet known the yoke. The story unfolds between two cities, where a corpse is found and the perpetrator cannot be located. The elders of each city take a heifer to the valley and sacrifice it. The elders wash their hands over the heifer and say, “Our hands have not spilled...Read more...