הֱוֵי דָּן אֶת כָּל הָאָדָם לְכַף זְכוּת, הֱוֵי דָּן אֶת חֲבֵרְךָ לְכַף זְכוּת

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Judge all men fairly, judge your neighbor fairly.

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Judge every person with kindness and not with negativity. See the positive sides of the person. Try to give a positive interpretation to the behavior of every person and seek the reasons for his merit.

("Yehoshua ben Perahia says, "Make yourself a rabbi and buy yourself a companion and judge all men fairly" - Avot 16, as in: "In righteousness you shall judge your fellow (and read 19:1) - he shall judge your companions fairly" - Shevuot 31, and as in: "Teach wise men -...and seek peace for all men...and judge all men fairly. He speaks in praise of his friend, and he does not speak in condemnation of him at all" - Harambam / Sefer Hamada, Hilchot De'ot, Chapter Five, 7, 105, as follows: "The verse warns against judging everything with force of merit, even though you see that he is a complete evildoer" - R. Nachman of Breslau / Likutei Moharan, Torah Repo 6, as follows: "Answer Yehuda Chai: I wish to But I am afraid. I am afraid that they will judge me by force of debt. - My son, they said: He judged every man by force of right" - Y. Burla/ Kisupim, 62, and so: "Rav R. Yokeb was a comfort to the people and he judged every man by force of right" - Agnon/ Ir and Mloaha, 213, and so: "Do not judge by force of debt, I say to him! Do not judge by force "Obligation! -Who will judge the imposition of obligation? Shimon will hasten" - H. Hazaz/ City and Haste, 157)