[Avodah] SheLomo HaMelech Lied. Truth May Not be Extracted with Deception

[Meir Rabi]

R Daniel posted: Just asked this question to Rav Nosson Kaminetsky. He
replied that his father Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky said that it was not a lie.
Shlomo HaMelech in fact was prepared to cut the baby in half. But at the
same time Shlomo HaMelech was fully convinced that the threat to do so would
cause the resolution of the question and thus he would not have to follow
through on his threat.

 

This is most disturbing. Is it possible that one may [plan to] murder an
innocent, or if it was not yet 30 days old and is not quite murder it is
still no great Mitzvah, in order to promote justice?

 

If our greatest lesson in these matters is the lie of HKB"H which was
permitted since it was in order to preserve/promote peace, then why can this
not be used as a principle to permit lying and certainly misrepresentation
in order to expose truth? Why does the stratagem of Sh"HaMelech not gain its
legitimacy from HKB"H?

 

BTW, HKB"H lied when it was really unnecessary since there was no need to
say anything besides "Why did Soro laugh?" 

 

 

meir

 

 

 

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