Warning to the Judge Not to Be Soft to One and Hard to Another

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Warning to the Judge Not to Be Soft to One and Hard to Another

Warning to the Judge Not to Be Soft to One and Hard to Another

The principle of objectivity requires every judge and adjudicator to act in the same manner toward all parties in a case, not being lenient to one and harsh to another.

("A warning to the judge not to be soft to one, as it is written above: ‘Judge your colleague with justice’ – Pnei Yehoshua, Ketubot 46a; and also: ‘A warning to the judge not to be soft to one and harsh to the other… both should be equal when standing before him’ – P’la Yoetz, section 4")

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַזְהָרָה לַדַּיָּן שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא רַךְ לְזֶה וְקָשֶׁה לְזֶה

Definition (Hebrew)

עֶקְרוֹן הָאוֹבְּיֶקְטִיבִיּוּת מְחַיֵּב כָּל שׁוֹפֵט וְדַיָּן לִנְהֹג בְּאוֹתוֹ אֹפֶן כְּלַפֵּי הַצְּדָדִים לַדִּיּוּן, וְלֹא לִהְיוֹת רַךְ כְּלַפֵּי הָאֶחָד וְקָשֶׁה כְּלַפֵּי הָאַחֵר.

("אַזְהָרָה לַדַּיָּן שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא רַךְ לָזֶה ,וְהַיְנוּ מִשּׁוּם דִּלְעֵיל מִנֵּיהּ כְּתִיב 'בְּצֶדֶק תִּשְׁפֹּט אֶת עֲמִיתֶךָ'- פְּנֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מַסֶּכֶת כְּתֻבּוֹת מו ע"א, וְכֵן: "וְגַם אַזְהָרָה לַדַּיָּן שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא רַךְ לָזֶה וְקָשֶׁה לָזֶה, וְלֹא יִשָּׂא פְּנֵי דַּל...אֶלָּא שְׁנֵיהֶם יִהְיוּ שָׁוִים כְּשֶׁעוֹמְדִים לְפָנָיו"-פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ/ אוֹת ד')

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