"JUSTICE, JUSTICE SHALT THOU PURSUE, THAT THOU MAYST LIVE, AND INHERIT THE LAND WHICH THE ETERNAL THY G~D GIVETH THEE." DEVARIM 16.
"PURSUE: GO SEARCH AFTER A RELIABLE COURT. THAT THOU MAYST LIVE, AND INHERIT: THE APPOINTMENT OF HONEST JUDGES IS SUFFICIENT MERIT TO KEEP YISRAEL IN LIFE AND TO SETTLE THEM IN SECURITY IN THEIR LAND." RASHI'S COMMENTARY OF THIS VERSE.
"NOW, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM THIS, EVEN THOUGH TODAY WE DO NOT HAVE ORDAINED MEN OF AUTHORITY, EVERY COMMUNITY EVERYWHERE OUGHT TO APPOINT WITHIN IT A FEW OF THE GOOD ONES IN ITS MIDST . . . TO STRIVE CONSTANTLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR FELLOWS, WHO RELY ON THEM TO TEACH THEM THE WAY OF TRUTH, AND TO ACHIEVE PEACE AMONG THEM WITH ALL THEIR POWER. LET THEM ABANDON, LEAVE, AND MAKE THEIR HEARTS FORGET ALL THEIR OTHER PLEASURES, SETTING THEIR HEART ONLY ON THIS. AND UPON THIS MAY THE GREATER PART OF THEIR THOUGHTS AND INVOLVEMENTS BE SET; AND MAY THIS VERSE IN SCRIPTURE BE REAL THROUGH THEM: "AND THOSE WHO ARE NOW MINDFUL DO SHINE AS THE ZOHAR DOES, AS THE VIVID BRILLIANCE UPON THE DAILY ATMOSPHERE; AND THOSE INFLUENCING THE MAJORITY TO BE RIGHTEOUS, BE LIKE THE SHINING ONES IN THE NIGHT SKY OF THIS EPOCH AND THE EVERLASTING ONE." DANIEL 12.' SEPHER HAHINUCH, SHOFTIM.
And thou shall spread abroad . . . Because from Tziyyon.
