Re: lying vs. dying

[Joe Kurland <ganeydn...>]

This is all moot (even if fun) since in standard Yiddish transliteration
the syllables are spelled "lay-lay-lay" and "day-day-day."  Unless we're
talking about macaronic songs (songs, parts of which are in more than one
language).


Zayt gezunt (be healthy),

Yosl (Joe) Kurland
The Wholesale Klezmer Band
Colrain, MA 01340
voice/fax: 413-624-3204
http://www.crocker.com/~ganeydn


>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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