tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594222732315724018.post1936806768105630472..comments2023-09-07T05:16:32.075-04:00Comments on Talmudic Treasures אוצרות התלמוד : TB Sanhedrin 97a - Hear the truth even if it hurts? Part 2Rabbi Ziona Zelazohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04875127359169517056noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594222732315724018.post-47438965526719834412019-08-14T10:00:20.775-04:002019-08-14T10:00:20.775-04:00Janet; Sounds like a good move on your part. You w...Janet; Sounds like a good move on your part. You were able to be less confrontational. But I wonder... if this person will not be told they hurt you, they will continue to hurt others. This is where the ethical dilemma comes in. Thanks so much for your input.Rabbi Ziona Zelazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875127359169517056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594222732315724018.post-3099019420808749432019-08-14T06:27:12.600-04:002019-08-14T06:27:12.600-04:00I didn’t tell the full truth when a friend did som...I didn’t tell the full truth when a friend did something hurtful to me. At our next encounter I acted as if everything was fine. My reason: what would have been accomplished by calling out her actions. She is smart and surely fully aware of what she had done. Janet Shapirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084501129361152251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594222732315724018.post-3178047754504051612019-08-13T11:03:39.376-04:002019-08-13T11:03:39.376-04:00"And there is a very fine line between lying ..."And there is a very fine line between lying and not telling the full truth". <br /><br />I think it depends greatly on what the intent is: if the intent is harmless that is one thing, if the intent is to get the other party into doing something that will bring them harm, that is something else. And who are you to decide?<br /><br />I don't have a simple answer.<br /><br />This is a very deep set of issues that deserve to be discussed a la pilpul.Rabbi Ziona Zelazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875127359169517056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594222732315724018.post-5728340335069695492019-08-13T10:59:40.383-04:002019-08-13T10:59:40.383-04:00This is from another friend, Bill Levinson:
"...This is from another friend, Bill Levinson:<br />"Soloveitchik z"l on the phrase (source is Zecharia 8:19) which is part of the traditional Hinini prayer that the Hazan says before Musaf on the High Holidays - "Truth and peace you shall love." The Rav said that he remembers that his father said that these two can only live in harmony in eschatological times, when the Messiah comes, because in our current world, absolute truth is incompatible with absolute peace."Rabbi Ziona Zelazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875127359169517056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594222732315724018.post-28801531878729596712019-08-13T10:54:55.098-04:002019-08-13T10:54:55.098-04:00A friend of mine made the following interesting po...A friend of mine made the following interesting point about this issue:<br /><br />"There is a difference between lying and not telling the full truth.<br />I'm reminded of what my boss told me when I went to testify before the Congress:<br /><br />He said:<br />Remember 3 important points:<br /><br />First, don't try to be funny, it doesn't work in a congressional hearing<br /><br />Second, NEVER lie, and<br />Third, by all means don't blurt out the whole truth."Rabbi Ziona Zelazohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875127359169517056noreply@blogger.com