Q&A: Cheating on Exams
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Cheating on Exams
Question
Greetings and blessings,
I was asked about a very diligent yeshiva student, whose parents sent him to study core curriculum subjects so that he would have a profession in the future.
The young man labors day and night over the holy Torah, and does not want to allow this waste of Torah study time, so he wondered whether he may cheat on the exams and obtain a certificate [which he presumably will not use] so that his parents will not “disturb” him.
Are there any grounds to be lenient with him?
Answer
I think not. “Keep far from a false matter.” Beyond that, there is no guarantee that he will not use those grades in the future. Plans formed at a young age do not necessarily materialize later on.