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Re: lying vs. dying
- From: Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>
- Subject: Re: lying vs. dying
- Date: Tue 02 Nov 1999 19.02 (GMT)
Hey, is this offered as serious _p'shat_ (Jewish law)? We are, indeed, told
to keep at a distance from falsehood, but lying is *definitely* sometimes
permissible or even required Jewishly--esp. and in particular, to save a
life! (but also, in some cases, to soothe hurt feelings or bring about
reconciliation between people). As it happens, in this past Shabbat's
parsha (Torah portion), we are modeled a delicious example of, at least,
shading the truth for the sake of marital harmony (shalom bayis) by the
Kadosh Baruch Hoo himself. See God's dialogue w/ Sarah and then w/ Abraham
and compare--Robert (Rashi) Cohen
>From: Owen Davidson <owend (at) tp(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: lie-lie-lie vs. die-die-die
>Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 07:35:11 +0000
>
>Never! The truth hurts, and the ultimate truth kills. Still, HASHEM
>demands
>truth.
>
>Owen
>
>Seest thou the little winged fly, smaller than a grain of sand?
>It has a heart like thee, a brain open to heaven & hell.
>Withinside wondrous & expansive, its gates are not closed.
>I hope thine are not.
>
> William Blake
>
>
>WINSTON WEILHEIMER wrote:
>
> > isnt to lie better than to die?
> >
> > :)
> > winston
>
>
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- Re: lying vs. dying,
Robert Cohen