Parashat Shoftim, meaning Judges, instructs the Israelites to appoint judges who will always give righteous judgments. The principle the judges should follow is: “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (Deuteronomy 16:11). Thanks in part to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who framed this passage and displayed it in her Supreme Court office, this has become one of the most famous passages in the Bible. What can we derive from the fact that the word justice is repeated twice in the verse?

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