EXOD842 In the following Talmudic story, we see that it is permissible to bend the truth in order to make a bride feel good. Our rabbis taught: How does one dance before the bride? Bet Shammai says: "A bride as she is." But Bet Hillel says: "A beautiful and graceful bride." Bet Shammai then said to Bet Hillel: "If she were lame or blind, would you say to her 'A beautiful and graceful bride,' since the Torah says 'Keep far from a false charge'" [this verse]? Bet Hillel said to Bet Shammai: "According to you, one who made a bad purchase in the market, should you praise it before him or defame it? Surely you should praise it. Therefore the sages say: "One should always be pleasant towards people." [Talmud Ketubot 16b-17a].