Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Musar for Shevuot 59:9

תניא אידך ועמדו שני האנשים בעדים הכתוב מדבר אתה אומר בעדים או אינו אלא בבעלי דינין אמרת וכי אנשים באין לדין נשים אין באות לדין ואם נפשך לומר נאמר כאן שני ונאמר להלן שני מה להלן בעדים אף כאן בעדים

But if you wish to say something [to refute this deduction, I give you another]: Here it is said, 'two', and there it is said, 'two',' just as there it refers to witnesses, so here it refers to witnesses. What is meant by: If you wish to say [something to refute this]? You might say, the verse refers to plaintiff and defendant,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And though there may be several plaintiffs and several defendants, the verse calls them the two men, i e., the two protagonists, plaintiffs on the one side, and defendants on the other.');"><sup>18</sup></span>

Shemirat HaLashon

One should also accustom himself to judge his friend in the scales of merit, as Chazal have said (Shevuoth 30a): "(Vayikra 19:15): 'In righteousness shall you judge your friend' — Judge your friend in the scales of merit." And this is one of the things for which one eats the fruits in this world, with the principal remaining for the world to come, as they said in Shabbath 127a.
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