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The Torah reports that after Moshe ascended Mount Sinai to receive the Torah, he spent some time atop the mountain before returning to the Jewish People. In the meanwhile, the Jewish People grew impatient anticipating Moshe’s return, “And the Nation saw that Moshe delayed (
Rabbi Yosef Albo (1380-1444) in
Sefer HaâIkkarim (2:27) writes that â
emetâ (truth) is an antonym to both â
shekerâ and â
kazav.â Truth means consonance between a statement and reality, and it also means consonance between what a person verbally expresses and what he thinks in his heart. â
Shekerâ is dissonance between the former pair, and â
kazavâ is dissonance between the latter pair.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Edel (1760-1828) takes issue with Rabbi Alboâs assumption that a statement that truly reflects oneâs inner thoughts can be called
sheker if it doesnât reflect reality. He asks: According to this definition, how can the Torah forbid a person from testifying