Connection Lost

Sometimes people tell me something and I find out afterwards that their words didn't reflect true reality [there is a strong word for this that rhymes with "stying" that the Chazon Ish tried to avoid saying so I too will refrain as long as I hold out]. This makes me wonder how often people are telling the truth and how often not. When not, the question presents itself how much they are veering from the truth.

This is distressing.

The Torah doesn't say to stay "far" away from eating pork. The Torah [as noted by Reb Simcha Bunim Mi'pshischa] doesn't say to stay "far" away from desecrating Shabbos. The Torah doesn't say to stay "far" away from wearing shatnez. But the Torah DOES say to stay FAR away from falsehood - מדבר שקר תרחק. So insidious is falsehood that the Torah says - "DON'T COME CLOSE". [Paranthetically, the Shulchan Aruch [אבן העזר סימן כא] uses a similar language when talking about distancing oneself from the opposite gender "יתרחק מאד מאד מנשים" - Not just stay "far" away but stay "far far" away from women. Co-education permitted according to the Shulchan Aruch? You make the call.]

Interesting. "Connection" in Hebrew is "קשר". If one wants to corrupt the connection then one just has to twist around the letters and you get ..... שקר. It undermines the basis of all human relationships.

Reminds me of this post.