ויעמוד העם על משה מן הבוקר עד הערב 18:13
ויהי ממחרת וישב משה לשפט את העם,
“And it was on the next day that Moshe sat to judge the people, and the people stood by Moshe from the morning until the evening.” In Meseches Shabbos 10a, it says that you should not think that Moshe Rabbeinu actually stood in judgment from the morning until the evening, for then when would he have learned Torah? Rather, the Torah is coming to teach us that any judge who renders completely true judgment, even for a short time, is considered by the Torah as if he engaged in Torah study the entire day, and it is as if he became a partner of Hakodosh Boruch Hu in the act of Creation, as the Posuk says, “ויהי ערב ויהי בוקר.” What does it mean that if one judges properly, he becomes a partner with Hakodosh Boruch Hu in the Creation? The following Divrei Torah will expound on this topic, and support the P’shat offered in the closing paragraph.