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==As a joke== | ==As a joke== | ||
# One should not lie even if it is only for a joke.<ref>Mesilas Yesharim 11:page 80. </ref> | # One should not lie even if it is only for a joke.<ref>Mesilas Yesharim 11:page 80. </ref> | ||
==To Prevent Sin== | ==To Prevent Sin== | ||
# It is permissible to lie in order to prevent another Jew from transgressing a sin. For instance to a person who is lax in certain prohibitions that a certain rav ruled that it is forbidden even if the rav never did. <ref> Sefer Midvar Sheker Tirchak page 61 quoting the Orach Meisharim </ref> | # It is permissible to lie in order to prevent another Jew from transgressing a sin. For instance to a person who is lax in certain prohibitions that a certain rav ruled that it is forbidden even if the rav never did. <ref> Sefer Midvar Sheker Tirchak page 61 quoting the Orach Meisharim </ref> | ||
==To encourage a mitzva== | |||
# It is prohibited to call out large sums of money as a pledge during the appeal in a shul for an organization even though they have no intention of giving that money in order to encouarage other to give moves. <ref> minchat yitzchak 3:97 </ref> | |||
==Children== | ==Children== | ||
