הִטָּה לכף זְכוּת, הִכְרִיעַ לכף זְכוּת (הטיה לכף זְכוּת)

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To tilt the balance towards the scale of merit/ (tilting the balance towards the scale of merit)

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Bring about acquittal. Cause the claim of innocence to be strengthened (the weight of the scales).

("He who knows his place and rejoices in his lot... bears a burden with his companion, he judges him by the scale of righteousness, he sets him on the truth, he sets him on the scale of peace" - Avot 6:6, and so: "Even the Blessed One, blessed be He, is not a single judge, as it is said: And all the host of heaven stand on His right hand and on His left, some from clay to the scale of righteousness and some from clay to the scale of debt, even though there is no single judge, a single seal" - Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 1:1)