Of parents & managers

When a body is found outside a city, the elders declare, "Our hands did not spill this blood." Who would suspect the most respected people in town? Rashi, citing the Gemara in Sotah, says what they are really clearing themselves of, and the question is how a visitor's meal and escort could lead to murder. The same Egla Arufa shows up in the wagons Yosef sent to Yaakov. Anyone who manages people or raises children will see a pattern in it, and a small habit at shul brings it into focus.