הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, אַל תְּהִי דָן יְחִידִי, שֶׁאֵין דָּן יְחִידִי אֶלָּא אֶחָד. וְאַל תֹּאמַר קַבְּלוּ דַעְתִּי, שֶׁהֵן רַשָּׁאִין וְלֹא אָתָּה:
Solía decir: no juzgues solo. [A pesar de que un juez experto puede hacerlo, es una de las formas de la chasiduth no hacerlo. (Y esto, solo cuando los litigantes no lo aceptaron para juzgar sobre ellos; pero cuando lo hicieron, él puede juzgar solo, incluso en el espíritu de chasiduth)]; porque solo hay quien juzga solo. Y no le digas [a tus colegas, que disienten con tus juicios] "Acepta mi opinión", [porque soy un experto y sin ti podría haber juzgado solo], ya que se les permite (afirmar sus opiniones) y no usted, [ya que desde que los unió, es apropiado que prevalezca la opinión de la mayoría.]
Gray Matter IV
When I realized that the matter was not a simple one and involved a significant amount of money, I asked two Torah Academy of Beregn County colleagues to join me to form a beit din in line with the Mishnah’s (Avot 4:8) recommendation (see Tosafot, Sanhedrin 5a s.v. Kegon Ana and Shulchan Aruch C.M. 3:3) not to sit as a single judge.
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Sefer HaChinukh
The commandment to judge with righteousness: To judge with righteousness, as it is stated (Leviticus 19:15), "you shall judge your people with righteousness." And the explanation of it comes that the judges were commanded to treat the parties to the dispute equally - meaning to say that the judge not honor one of the litigants more than the other. And so they said in Sifra, Kedoshim, Chapter 4:4 that one not speak all that he needs, and [the judge] say to the other, "Speak briefly." And so [too,] in the chapter [entitled] Shevuot HaEdut (Shevuot 30a), "Our Rabbis learned, '"You shall judge your people with righteousness" - that it not be that one stand and one sit; one not speak all that he needs, and [the judge] say to the other, "Speak briefly."'" And so [too,] included in this commandment is that every man that is wise in the laws of the Torah and righteous in his ways is commanded to judge the law of the Torah between parties of a dispute, if he has the power in his hand [to do so]. And even an individual can judge from Torah writ - and like they, may their memory be blessed, said (Sanhedrin 3a), "One can judge his fellow from Torah writ, as it is stated, 'You shall judge your people with righteousness.'" But the sages warned (Mishnah Avot 4:8), that a man not judge alone. And also included in this commandment is that it is fit for every person to judge his fellow favorably, and only to understand his deeds and his words favorably.
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