Someone told me that the Rebbe said, “When one repeats a lie twice it becomes the truth”—that is, it becomes like the truth for the person who repeats it, by virtue of his having repeated it twice. He also said, “Sometimes a person lies in bed, making up untruths about his friend. He imagines his friend spoke against him or deliberately wronged him in some way. “He starts to get agitated and angry with his friend. Before long he is burning with anger against him—all for no reason, because he himself imagined it all. In actual fact his friend is quite innocent.”
(קז) שָׁמַעְתִּי בִּשְׁמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר שֶׁכְּשֶׁחוֹזְרִין הַשֶּׁקֶר שְׁנֵי פְּעָמִים נַעֲשֶׂה אֱמֶת, כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁנַּעֲשֶׂה אֶצְלוֹ כֶּאֱמֶת עַל־יְדֵי שֶׁחָזַר הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁל שֶׁקֶר שְׁתֵּי פְּעָמִים. גַּם אָמַר שֶׁיֵּשׁ אֶחָד שֶׁשּׁוֹכֵב עַל מִטָּתוֹ וּבוֹדֶה מִלִּבּוֹ דְּבַר שֶׁקֶר עַל חֲבֵרוֹ שֶׁחֲבֵרוֹ דִּבֵּר עָלָיו אוֹ עָשָׂה לוֹ שֶׁלֹּא כַּהֹגֶן לְהַכְעִיסוֹ וְכַיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה, וּמַתְחִיל לְהִתְרַגֵּז עַל־זֶה וּבוֹעֵר כַּעֲסוֹ עַל חֲבֵרוֹ וְנִתְמַלֵּא רֹגֶז עָלָיו חִנָּם עַל לֹא דָבָר, כִּי הוּא בְּעַצְמוֹ חָשַׁב וּבָדָה זֹאת עַל חֲבֵרוֹ וּבֶאֱמֶת חֲבֵרוֹ נָקִי מִזֶּה לְגַמְרֵי:
Someone told me that the Rebbe said, “When one repeats a lie twice it becomes the truth”—that is, it becomes like the truth for the person who repeats it, by virtue of his having repeated it twice.
He also said, “Sometimes a person lies in bed, making up untruths about his friend. He imagines his friend spoke against him or deliberately wronged him in some way.
“He starts to get agitated and angry with his friend. Before long he is burning with anger against him—all for no reason, because he himself imagined it all. In actual fact his friend is quite innocent.”