One of those retellings of Batman as a fairy tale things but instead of a fairy tale it’s Talmud
Baruch Atalef of Gat went into the city and saw a traveler die. He took the traveler's son as a student. Kal-el said to him, "why do you not bless him [as a father blesses his son]?" Baruch said: I shall not bless him, for it is written, "you shall revere your mother and father".
At night, Baruch Atalef of Gat would go by the houses of the poor and the elders [who had no children] and leave coins at their door. His student Dror ben Yohanon asked him, "why do you not give in the daylight?" Baruch Atalef replied, "does a mitzvah exist to be seen?"
Another rabbi tells, Baruch Atalef of Gat went into the city and saw a traveler die. He took the traveler's son as a student. Kal-el said to him, "why do you not bless him [as a father blesses his son]?" Baruch said: I shall not bless him, for it is written, "you were strangers in the land of Egypt".
When Baruch Atalef's second student was slain in battle, he sought vengeance. But Kal-el said: is this the justice for a departed soul? And Baruch stayed his anger. Later, Baruch had a vision of his student returning. His student said, “why do you not avenge me? I have died, yet my killer still lives.” Baruch said: does the Torah not teach us “the bloods of your brother cry out”?
Why was Baruch of Gat called Baruch Atalef? Because he would rise at dawn to study Torah and do good needs under the cover of darkness. Others say, because of his care for the orphans, as the bat shelters its young.
Rabbi Baruch taught, "those who do not follow the way of the Lord believe in gods that cannot aid them and fear spirits that have no power."
There was a wicked merchant who said of Kalel, "Do not listen to his words, for he is a foreigner and an enemy."
But Rabbi Baruch rebuked him, saying, "Are we not taught to love the stranger? And he is more the son of this land than many whose fathers have dwelt here since the days of Yehoshua."
Dror ben Yohanon was the first student of Rabbi Baruch, but he left Gatim to spread the words of his teacher.
He came upon a city that was ruled by ruffians, and declared, "I will plant myself here, for it is in the darkest of places that the light of the Torah reaches the farthest."
In time, the ruffians were defeated, and the Romans restored the rule of law to the city. The Roman governor then came to Dror and said, "The law has returned to this city (so there is no longer a need for you to teach Torah.)"
But Dror replied, "Judges may be corrupted, and the watchman's head may be turned by gold, but the path of the Lord is always a path of justice."
