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#554: How Hard Is It To Be a Judge?

Rashi on Parashat Devarim, Devarim/Deuteronomy 1:9

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An exhausted judge in his courtroom

Devarim/Deuteronomy 1:9

וָאֹמַ֣ר אֲלֵכֶ֔ם בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִ֖וא לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹא־אוּכַ֥ל לְבַדִּ֖י שְׂאֵ֥ת אֶתְכֶֽם׃ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם הִרְבָּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֑ם וְהִנְּכֶ֣ם הַיּ֔וֹם כְּכוֹכְבֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לָרֹֽב׃

Thereupon I said to you, “I cannot bear the burden of you by myself.” Your God יהוה has multiplied you until you are toda…

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