[Avodah] RLakish & RElozor - Is less than honest thinking a deception OR What is honest thinking

[Rabbi Meir G. Rabi]

WADR If one hears a halachic analysis and ascribes it different value
pending who said it then IMHO that is a violation of HKBHs Torah and
a violation of ones own integrity.
unless it is a Shikul HaDaAs.

I assume this is the reason the Gemara Shavuos 31, when explaining the
meaning of MidVar Sheker Tirchak, describes ones Master, ones Rosh
Yeshivah, Rebbe or Rosh Kollel asking them to present themselves to Beis
Din AS THOUGH they are a second witness thereby, w/o offering testimony,
encouraging the recalcitrant litigant to own up and pay thus ensuring that
A] the defendant does not make a false oath B] the money gets returned to
its rightful owner.

The Gemara recognises that deference can readily affect not only the mind
of the student but also the Master, the Rosh Yeshivah, the Rebbe or the
Rosh Kollel who begins to believe that this is win win - everyone wins and
there is no foul. And does this defying litigant not deserve the *help*
being provided by a very slight deception? And are we not doing this sinner
a favour by helping him avoid sinning and its painful consequences?

I suspect the courage and integrity required to defy ones respected Master
is not a naturally acquired strength and wonder if our Yeshos and Kollels
might consider introducing situations LeChiDudah to whet their students
mettle - let the Rosh Yeshivah present a nosensical query every so often.
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