BELIEVING REPORTS OF ABUSE [#18510]

January 17, 2022

QUESTION:

What is the Torah approach on the recent story of “abuse” in which people are accusing someone of abuse but there are no witnesses who can testify on it?

ANSWER:

“A judge does not have except what his eyes see” (Gemara Bava Basra 130b). But when there is yashrus (uprightness) and no self-serving interests, Hashem helps a person clarify what the truth is. But this is a rarity which isn’t that commonly found in our generation.