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From: "Eli Turkel" _eliturkel at gmail.com_ (mailto:eliturkel at gmail.com) 



>>On lying for the sake of PR see the rashi on Avraham and  Terach


In translation
"Why then does Scripture mention the death of Terah  before the
departure of Abram? In order that this matter (his leaving home  during
his father's lifetime) might not become known to all, lest people  say
that Abram did not show a son's respect to his father, for he left  him
in his old age and went his way.  (In other words, the  Torah
purposefully mentioned Terah's death before the actual time of  its
occurrence.)"

ie the Torah purposely lied so that people wouldn't  accuse Avraham .of
mistreating his father<<


-- 
Eli  Turkel


 
>>>>>
Changing the order in which events are recorded  is NOT lying.  The Torah 
says how old Terach was and how old Avraham was  and it can easily be calculated 
that Avraham left while his father was still  alive.  The Torah merely draws 
your attention to some facts while drawing  your attention away from some other 
facts, but it doesn't "lie."
 
(However for the sake of sholom bayis Hashem Himself did "lie" or at any  
rate made a significant change in reporting Sarah's words to her husband.   The 
change that He made is itself reported accurately in the Torah.)   



--Toby  Katz
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