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A true picture, not just true words — as Rabbi Landau teaches it

By Rabbi Shalom Landau.

Rabbi Landau teaches that A machine can write twenty pages for one side and twenty for the other, so the question is not how good the argument is. It is whether the reasoning led to the conclusion, or the conclusion hired the reasoning. Rabbi Landau also teaches that five accurate facts can still make someone believe a lie when the sixth fact is hidden. The Torah does not only say not to lie. It says to distance yourself from falsehood, because honesty is whether the picture you created is true.

Source verses

צַדִּיק הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּרִיבוֹ וּבָא רֵעֵהוּ וַחֲקָרוֹ

מִדְּבַר שֶׁקֶר תִּרְחָק

Quoted from the captions of the teachings below.

The takeaway

Ask whether you are looking for the truth, or hiring an argument to defend the ending you already wanted.

Teachings

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