Five Towns Jewish Times - Rabbi Yair Hoffman
“Of course, I did my homework, Mom..”
“No, honey, that donut wrapper belonged to a co-worker to whom I gave a ride.”
“Yes, I will go on the treadmill this afternoon as soon as I come home while you are shopping.”
“No, dear, that dress does not make you look fat.”
We have all heard the expression before – mutar leshanos mipnei HaShalom – one is permitted to, well, “change” or obscure the truth in order to maintain the peace. And lately, it seems that we hear it more and more.
A number of questions arise about this concept. Is it still something that we should avoid doing – or is it possibly a Mitzvah? Is it an across the board heter? Do people have complete carte blanche in these areas? Or are there, perhaps, some caveats? [...]
“Of course, I did my homework, Mom..”
“No, honey, that donut wrapper belonged to a co-worker to whom I gave a ride.”
“Yes, I will go on the treadmill this afternoon as soon as I come home while you are shopping.”
“No, dear, that dress does not make you look fat.”
We have all heard the expression before – mutar leshanos mipnei HaShalom – one is permitted to, well, “change” or obscure the truth in order to maintain the peace. And lately, it seems that we hear it more and more.
A number of questions arise about this concept. Is it still something that we should avoid doing – or is it possibly a Mitzvah? Is it an across the board heter? Do people have complete carte blanche in these areas? Or are there, perhaps, some caveats? [...]
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