Editing Shofet (Judge) (section)

== The Officer ==
In Chassidus, it is explained that the role of the shoter (officer) in the present time is to assist the judge. When a judge issues a ruling, the shoter - who carries a staff and strap - is needed to force the defendant to accept the judgment.

Therefore, in the geulah, when there will be no reality of evil, there will be no need for officers since all people will fulfill the instructions on their own. This is why the verse states "I will restore your judges as at first and your advisors as at the beginning" without mentioning officers, since officers will not be needed. (Unlike during galus when it says "You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates").

Since all matters of Torah are eternal, officers will also exist in the future, but they will serve only positive functions. Their role will be (for example) to inform Bnei Yisrael of the existence of the judge in order to assist them, such as clearing the roads for witnesses of the new moon sanctification.