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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

MITZVOT of judges

572. A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes.

(Numbers 35:30)

573. Not to accept testimony from a lone witness.
(Deuteronomy 19:15)

574. Transgressors must not testify.
(Exodus 23:1)

575. The litigant's relatives cannot testify.
(Deuteronomy 24:16)

576. Not to testify falsely.
(Exodus 20:13)

577. Do to the false witness what he tried to do to the defendant.
(Deuteronomy 19:19)
  1. Not to appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, even if he is expert in other branches of knowledge (Deut. 1:17) (CCN64).



Exodus 23:2 is a warning against the danger of conforming to the actions of the majority, especially when those actions are unjust or immoral.




Chapter 23 ; 2You shall not follow the majority for evil, and you shall not respond concerning a lawsuit to follow many to pervert [justice]. בלֹא־תִֽהְיֶ֥ה אַֽחֲרֵֽי־רַבִּ֖ים ...

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