Adapted by Channie Koplowitz Stein
As we would expect, Parshat Mishpatim begins with many ordinances, beginning with the laws concerning a Jewish slave and moving on to tort law. Shortly after these, the Torah commands, “Do not accept a false report, do not extend your hand with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.” Rashi explains these words to mean that “it is a negative commandment addressed to one who accepts shema shov/ malicious talk/loshon horo, and to a judge that he should not listen to the words of one litigant until his fellow litigant comes to plead his case.”
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