שִׂ֭נְאָה תְּעֹרֵ֣ר מְדָנִ֑ים וְעַ֥ל כׇּל־פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תְּכַסֶּ֥ה אַהֲבָֽה׃
“Hatred stirs up strife,�but love covers all sin.”
Proverbs 10:12
“You shall set judges and officers in all your gates, which HaShem your G-d gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.”
Deuteronomy 16:18
שֹׁפְטִ֣ים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ בְּכׇל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לְךָ֖ לִשְׁבָטֶ֑יךָ וְשָׁפְט֥וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם מִשְׁפַּט־צֶֽדֶק׃
If a matter eludes you in judgment . . . then you shall rise and go . . . to the judge who will be in those days (17:8–9)
�“Can a person then go to a judge who is not in his days? . . . This is to teach us that although this judge may not be of the same stature as other judges who preceded him, you must listen to him, for you have only the judge who lives in your time. . . . Samuel in his generation is like Yiftach in his generation. (Samuel is regarded as the greatest of the prophets, equal to Moses and Aaron together; Yiftach, who served as Judge from 980–974 BCE, came from a lowly background and was guilty of many failings.)”
Rosh HaShanah 25b; Rashi cited at Chabad, Parsha In-Depth
On Passover Eve they hung Yeshu …
Sanhedrin 43a
בערב הפסח תלאוהו לישו
Therefore, since capital cases might continue for two days, the court does not judge cases of capital law on certain days, �neither on the eve of Shabbat nor the eve of a Festival.
Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:1, Sefaria.org
“There can be no doubt that the trial, which ended with the condemnation of Jesus, did not comply with the Pharisees’ rules of procedure as we know them from the Mishnah and Talmud. Therefore, according to the passage in m. Sanh 4.1 above, the trial against Jesus should not have been opened and closed on the same day and it should not have been conducted in the house of Caiaphas but according to the principle המקום גורם in the stone-hewn hall.”
A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud & Midrash, Strack and Billerbeck, Excursus: The Day of Jesus’ Death B#1, Volume 2, Lexham Press, pg. 940
“The Gemara states that the whole world is sustained by the merit of those who remain silent when insulted.18 If the entire world stands in their merit, then surely they have the merit to stand before Hashem in judgment and be deemed worthy. They can intercede on behalf of others on the Day of Judgment and defend the entire Jewish people in judgment, just as they support the entire world in the merit of their self-control.”
Rebbe, Biala. Mevaser Tov on the Weekly Torah Portion (Function). Kindle Edition.
“Any judge who judges a true judgment truthfully, even if he sits in judgment only one hour, the verse ascribes to him as if he became a partner to the Holy One, Blessed be He, in the act of Creation. It is written here: “And the people stood over Moses from the morning until the evening.” And it is written there, “And it was evening and it was morning, one day” (Genesis 1:5)
Shabbat 10a, Sefaria.org
Justice, justice shall you pursue (16:20)
“By virtue of three things the world endures:
law, truth and peace.”
Ethics of Our Fathers 1:18, cited at Chabad.org
“The three are one and the same: if the law is upheld, there is truth and there is peace.”
Jerusalem Talmud, Taanit 4:2, cited at Chabad.org
“The Noam Elimelech explains: The righteous are guided by their conscience, which admonishes them for every action they perform. Even their good deeds seem faulty in their eyes, lacking the perfection that is fitting for the service of the Creator. For the wicked just the opposite is true. All their deeds seem right to them, since they justify even their wicked deeds as good.”
Rebbe, Biala. Mevaser Tov on the Weekly Torah Portion. Kindle Edition.
“The Divrei Binah would explain each of the parshiyos read during Elul as stages in our preparations for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.2 What then is the preparation for Rosh Hashanah implied by the mitzvah to appoint judges and officers?”
Rebbe, Biala. Mevaser Tov on the Weekly Torah Portion. Kindle Edition.
“The Gemara states that Hashem loves those who do not get angry, do not get drunk, and do not insist on their rights. Some people are so beloved that Hashem proclaims His love for them each day. Included in this category are unmarried men who are exposed to the temptations of city life but refrain from sin; poor people who return lost objects; and wealthy people who do not flaunt their charity.14 The merciful are shown mercy by Heaven.15 Those who are forgiving are forgiven for their sins.16 Those who judge others favorably are judged favorably before the Heavenly Tribunal.17 In these desperate times, we are all in sore need of the mercy, forgiveness and favorable judgment of Heaven.”
Rebbe, Biala. Mevaser Tov on the Weekly Torah Portion. Kindle Edition.
“Obviously, this Mitzvah should be read literally as instituting officials at the gates of the many cities we live in; however, because of the singular form, it lends itself to a deeper interpretation as well: “You shall set up judges…in your gates,” in the multiple ‘gates’ of your own body (Arizal, Sefer HaLikutim, Shoftim. Shach, Torah, Devarim, 16:18).”
�Pinson, Dovber. Awakenings: Drawing Life from the Weekly Torah Reading (p. 397). (Function). Kindle Edition.
“The human body is a city with seven gates—seven portals to the outside world: the two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and the mouth. Here, too, it is incumbent upon us to place internal “judges” to discriminate and regulate what should be admitted and what should be kept out, and “officers” to enforce the judges’ decisions . . .”
Siftei Kohen, cited at Chabad.org
“Our body is more than a city. It is our personal Mishkan / Temple, as Rebbe Elazar Azikri writes, “In my heart I will build a Mishkan for His splendor.” This inner Mishkan needs to be protected and guarded from hazardous and potentially destructive outside influences."
Pinson, Dovber. Awakenings: Drawing Life from the Weekly Torah Reading (p. 397). (Function). Kindle Edition.
“You must put love and fear [of G-d] in all of your gates
– in all of your thoughts, as in the words:
“Her husband is known in the gates.”
(Proverbs 31:23)
“Her husband is known in the gates…this is the Holy One, who becomes known and attached according to the amount a person can gauge in his heart, each one to the degree that he can cling to the spirit of wisdom.” (Zohar 1:103b)
Baal Shem Tov, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, by R’ Eliezer Shore, BST Publishing, pg. 146
"For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 22 For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son…”
John 5:17
"It is to judge that I came into this world, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind."
John 9:39, Complete Jewish Bible
“This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his works would be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”�John 3:19-21
“…above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
1 Peter 4:8, NKJV