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Parshat Yitro January 22, 2011 17 Shevat, 5771
The Prototype ofMishpat Amongstthe Jewish People
The Parsha is namedafter Yisro, becauseYisro gave MosheRabbeinu goodcounsel. MosheRabbeinu had aproblem - he wasoverwhelmed. Peoplelined up frommorning until night tohave him settle theirdisputes. Moshe hadno time. Yisro gavehim the advice toestablish a system ofcourts.Rashi, on the words"And it was on thenext day" [Shmos18:13], says that thiswas the day afterYom Kippur -- theday Moshedescended from themountain, followingreceipt of the secondcopy of the TenCommandments (thefirst copy having beendestroyed by Moshefollowing the sin of theGolden Calf).Rav Yosef Dov HaLeviSoloveitchik quotes thefollowing principle: everytime we find theexpression "And it was onthe next day" (Vayehim'mochoras) in theTorah, the Torah is tryingto contrast or connect thetwo days. Eithersomething terriblehappened on theprevious day and theTorah is indicating thatthe next day was better,or something tremendoushappened on theprevious day and theTorah is indicating thatthe next day was infusedwith the spirit of theprevious day.In Shmos 32:30(immediately after the sinof the Golden Calf), wefind an example of aterrible event happening
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the first day: "On thenext day Moshe saidto the people, 'Youhave committed agrievous sin!'..." In oursituation it is just thereverse -- "On thenext day" refers to theday after a wonderfulday -- the first YomKippur. On that nextday, Moshe sat in judgment of thepeople.The Torah is trying totell us that there is aconnection betweenthe first day of judgment -- the firstday in Jewish historywhere people went fordinei Torah (decisionsfrom a RabbinicalCourt) -- and the Dayof Atonement. What isthe significance of thisconnection?Rav Soloveitchikdescribed the mood ofthe people on thatday: they had
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committed the terrible sin of worshipping theGolden Calf, and they did not know whetherthey would ever be forgiven. Moshe Rabbeinudescended from the mountain on that very firstYom Kippur and told them in the name of G-d "Ihave forgiven, as you haverequested" [Bamidbar 14:20].The people realized that there is forgiveness,there is atonement; each of them felt like a newperson. Imagine the mood that the people musthave felt -- there was relief, good feeling, peace,brotherhood, and generosity. Everyone feltwonderful.When people went into court with their litigantson that next day, they did not feel stingy,combative, and antagonistic. They felt open andgiving, and friendly and compromising. Theywent into Mishpat (judgement) suffused with thespirit of the previous day -- the day of "I haveforgiven, as you have requested." The Torah istelling us that if this is the way the first Mishpatwas done among the Jewish people, then this isthe prototype for how Mishpat must always bedone among the Jewish people.What difference does it make? Can one reallyfeel that way when he steps into a courtroom?There is a difference. In Jewish jurisprudencethere is a settlement called Peshara(compromise).Today, Baruch Hashem (thank G-d), people goto dinei Torah. I say 'Baruch Hashem' becauseyears ago no one went to dinei Torah -- theywent to secular court, which is usuallyprohibited. Today we have sincere, religious
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Jews, who when they have a dispute with aneighbor or a business partner they don't runto court -- they run to a Din Torah.The first thing the Dayan asks when onecomes to a Din Torah is "Do you want Din orPershara?" [Sanhedrin 7a] Do you want me torule based on Choshen Mishpat (the section ofthe Code of Jewish Law covering financialtransactions), telling you who is right and whois wrong, with an absolute winner and anabsolute loser -- in which no consideration isgiven to a person's honor or financialcondition? Or do you want me to find anarbitrated compromise so that everyone canwalk out a winner?The Talmud [Sanhedrin 6b] paskens (rules) --and this is codified by the Rambam and theShulchan Aruch -- that the preferred method isto compromise (Mitzvah livtzoah). Why?Because of the above-mentioned teaching --among the Jewish people compromise is notextra-judicial.This is not equivalent to the secular concept of"settling out of court". Settling out of court isnot the domain of the jurist. The jurist inAmerican law is not the humanist. In Americanlaw, Rabbi Soloveitchik notes, they are twototally distinct personalities.The Jewish Dayan is also the compassionateJudge. He is also the mensch, the humanist.He worries about the poor person who comesbefore him and how he will leave the court, andadvises both parties to compromise. Thereason for all this is that Judgment originatedin Klal Yisroel on that special morrow followingthe first Yom Kippur -- when a spirit ofgenerosity, compromise, and forgiving wasprevalent in the nation.It should be this way for all generations as well.Dinei Torah should always be approached bysearching for a way that both parties canemerge as winners, not one a winner and onea loser.
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