Letters/Discussion Forums
Don’t judge the judges
In regard to the Beth Din’s Limmud decision, don’t judge our judges. The Book of Ruth talks about how in the days of judging judges, there was a famine. Our rabbis ask about the seeming tautology of judging judges, and explain that because they judged their judges in order that they should not have to listen to them, they were punished with a famine. So, please don’t judge our current judges and continue all your loshan horah (negative speech). The Beth Din’s decision with regard to Limmud is its business, with reasoning beyond us.