הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, אַל תְּהִי דָן יְחִידִי, שֶׁאֵין דָּן יְחִידִי אֶלָּא אֶחָד. וְאַל תֹּאמַר קַבְּלוּ דַעְתִּי, שֶׁהֵן רַשָּׁאִין וְלֹא אָתָּה:
Ele costumava dizer: não julgue sozinho. [Mesmo que um juiz especialista possa fazê-lo, é uma das maneiras do chasiduth não fazê-lo. (E isso, somente quando os litigantes não o aceitaram julgar por eles; mas quando o fizeram, ele pode julgar sozinho, mesmo no espírito do chasiduth)]; pois só existe um que julga sozinho. E não diga [a seus colegas, que discordam de seus julgamentos] "Aceite minha opinião" [porque sou um especialista, e sem você eu poderia ter julgado sozinho], pois eles podem (afirmar suas opiniões) e não você, [pois desde que eles se juntaram a você, é apropriado que a visão da maioria prevaleça.]
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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