EXOD1036 The Torah notes that truth is one of God's thirteen attributes [this verse], while the Talmud teaches that "the seal of God is truth" Shabbat 55a; Sanhedrin 64a. Rabbi Louis Jacobs explains," in ancient times, a man would append his seal to a document as evidence of its authenticity [a king, for example, would apply his seal to an enactment of which she approved]." This is seal bore some distinguishing mark for identification purposes. Where truth is found, there is evidence of God's presence"; conversely, a lie indicates a lack of God's presence.