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June 21, 2011 5:22 pm at 5:22 pm #1081574
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You are simply allowed to lie ‘mipnei hashalom’ – if a more peaceful outcome will result.

There are many examples in the Torah and Shas. One is when Hashem said to Soroh that Avraham had exclaimed that HE was too old to have children when in fact he had said that Soroh was too old.