The Jewish Ethics of Language
Genesis 23: 6-7
6. You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor man in his lawsuit.
7. Distance yourself from a false matter; and do not kill a truly innocent person or one who has been declared innocent, for I will not vindicate a guilty person.
Talmud Shebu’oth 31a.
Our Rabbis taught: How do we know that a judge should not appoint an advocate for his words? Because it is said: From a false matter keep far. And how do we know that a judge who knows his colleague to be a robber, or a witness who knows his colleague to be a robber, should not join with him? Because it is said: From a false matter keep far. And how do we know that a judge who knows that a plea is false should not say, Since the… Read More »