Permission To Lie - Jewish HaShkafa (101)

Do We Have Permission To Lie In order to Make people feel better? The Chazon Ish's Jewish HaShkafa series has Enlighted us about the rotten nature of lies in the last lecture, and will now elaborate on whether there are permissible lies. Enjoy the truth and Be Holy.

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0:00:00 Introduction

0:04:33 Rotten Falsehood (i.e. Lies) (Chazon Ish)

0:05:42 The Sages sought to reduce sin

0:06:21 Sages' Stringency of Truth

0:07:22 Signature of Hashem: Hashem is True & His Torah is True (Gen. 1:1)

0:08:19 Bereishis: In the Beginning (i.e., Time; with wisdom; Am Yisrael)

0:08:50 Old idolatry resurfaces: Humanizing G-d

0:09:52 Hashem's signature: Truth (Emet) - last letters in Torah's first 3 words

0:10:59 Hashem Detests Lies: Idolatry is referred to as a thing of lies

0:11:15 One is unable to connect to G-d by being a liar

0:11:48 Lie: any deviation from truth in speech, not just deceitful gain, even minor falsehoods (Chazon Ish)

0:12:38 Non-white lies

0:13:36 Lies stand on one leg: שקר (Shabbos 104a)

0:14:37 Truth stands on two legs: אמת (Shabbos 104a)

0:15:06 Lies mixed with truth stand longer, but they too will eventually fall

0:17:08 Give Truth (i.e. Torah) to Yaakov: Words of Truth Survive, Lies Perish (Michah 7 v.20)

0:20:51 Three conditions that a person can change their words (Bava Metzia 23b)

0:24:54 Sanhedrin: Perek Chelek

0:25:34 The Tragedy of Rav Tavus: Refused lying, no matter the price (Sanh. 97a)

0:30:39 Even slight deviation from truth is punishable by death (Chazon Ish to Sanh. 97a)

0:31:35 Degradation of the Generations

0:34:11 HKBH's Precision with the Righteous

0:35:15 Even slight deviation from truth is punishable by death (cont.)

0:37:50 Whoever changes his speech is considered as if he worshipped idols (Sanh. 92a to Gen. 27 v.12)

0:40:07 And it is written, they are vanity, the work of deception (i.e., idols) (Jer. 10 v.15)

0:43:58 Spirit of Falsehood reports to HKBH, Hashem tell him to leave His Presence (Sanh. 102b to Ps. 101:7)

0:45:11 Times Sages Deviated from the Truth, for Permissible Reason (Bava Kamma)

0:46:14 Slavery (R. Ulla considers debate w/ R. Nachman)

0:58:44 Torah Scholars bring more peace to the world by enlightening world with truth

1:00:04 Parameters of Debates

1:03:28 Stealing of the Mind (Geneivat Da'at)

1:11:15 Spiritually SIck: Sin incurs corresponding damage to body part that sinned (Chazon Ish; Vilna Gaon)

1:14:56 Stealing of the Mind: Prohibition incl. Non-Jews (Chullin 94a)

1:15:21 Prohibition of misleading Non-Jews (Yaakov's rebuke) (Ramban, Gen. 34 v.13)

1:18:51 Stealing of the Mind: Cash Advance & Non-Jews

1:21:26 Stealing from non-Jew worse than stealing from Jew (Rambam)

1:23:03 Jew forbidden to benefit when causing non-Jew's mistake

1:23:56 Jew loses an item: obligated to return lost object with ID sign to Jew

1:25:56 R. Chanina Ben Dosa put aside chickens until their Jewish owner returns

1:28:43 Non-Jew loses an item: not obligated to return, but a Kiddush Hashem opportunity

1:29:23 Shimon ben Shetach bought a donkey, not a diamond (Kiddush Hashem)

1:31:24 Jew forbidden to benefit when causing non-Jew's mistake (cont.)

1:34:02 Knowing halachah for Business, The Difficulties to stop lying & Teshuvah

1:35:27 Hashem Detests Lies: Lying causes a disconnect from Hashem

1:36:09 Whoever desecrates the Name of Heaven in secret is punished for it in public (Avos 4:4)

1:37:00 Exposed liars

1:45:18 Conclusion

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Permission To Lie - Jewish HaShkafa (101)