"... In practical application, these foundational principles required that Hillel emphasize leniency in judgment (Mishnah Avot 2:5). He taught a view of divine judgment that within the Academy came to be called “measure for measure” (Mishnah Avot 2:7; Babylonian Talmud Sukkah 53a; compare Matthew 7:2). In his understanding, if a man exhibited prejudice or was unnecessarily harsh in passing judgment, God would dispense the same measure of judgment back to him. Instead, he taught, “Judge not your fellow man until you have come into his place” and “Judge your fellow man toward the side of the scale of merit [i.e., when in doubt, give the benefit of the doubt to the accused]” (Mishnah Avot 2:5; Derekh Eretz Zuta 3; compare Matthew 7:1; Romans 14:10). Our modern “presumption of innocence” legal principle is an outgrowth of this approach to jurisprudence. Further, Hillel set an example of seeking out the poor, sinners, and gentiles, making the way to God as accessible to them as to the righteous (Mishnah Avot 1:12, 2:5; Avot d’Rabbi Natan A 3, B 4, 126; Babylonian Talmud Ketubot 16b; Shabbat 31a; Soferim 16:9). He said, “Be among the disciples of Aaron ... loving [all] mankind and bringing them near to the Torah” (Mishnah Avot 1:12). He is thus seen as generally more lenient than his more stringent peer Shammai ..."