To follow (side with) the majority / To go with the crowd

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To follow (side with) the majority / To go with the crowd

To follow (side with) the majority / To go with the crowd

One must rule or act according to the decision of the majority; not to separate oneself from the community.

("Do not follow the majority to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by siding with the majority to do wrong." – Exodus 23:2. Also: “When a disagreement arose, they followed the majority, as it is said: ‘After the majority to incline.’” – Maimonides, Introduction to the Order of the Mishnah)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטּוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

יֵשׁ לִפְסֹק אוֹ לִנְהֹג ע"פ הַחְלָטַת הָרֹב. לֹא לִפְרֹשׁ מֵהַצִּבּוּר.

("לֹא תִהְיֶה אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְרָעֹת וְלֹא תַעֲנֶה עַל רִב לִנְטֹת אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטֹּת" - שְׁמוֹת כג ב, וְכֵן: "וּכְשֶׁהָיְתָה נוֹפֶלֶת הַמַּחְלֹקֶת - הָיוּ הוֹלְכִים אַחֲרֵי הָרֹב, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: אַחֲרֵי רַבִּים לְהַטּוֹת" - הַקְדָּמַת הָרַמְבָּ"ם לְסִדְרֵי הַמִּשְׁנָה)

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