Lashon hara (or loshon horo, or loshon hora) (Hebrew: לשון הרע; "evil tongue") is the halakhic term for speech about a person or persons that is negative...
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Rishonim about the severity of Jewish law on tale-mongering and gossip. Lashon hara, literally "'the evil tongue", i.e., evil speech (or loosely gossip and...
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house, are a just a few examples. Anger in Judaism Concupiscence Devil Lashon hara, evil tongue Original sin Repentance in Judaism Satan Deuteronomy 31:21...
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spoken without a constructive purpose (known in Hebrew as "evil tongue", lashon hara) to be a sin. Speaking negatively about people, even if retelling true...
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life. He was known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim, after his book on lashon hara, who was also well known for the Mishna Berurah, his book on ritual law...
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Israelites' belief of the false report amounted to the acceptance of lashon hara (lit." "evil tongue" / "slander" in Hebrew) against the Land of Israel...
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treatment from doctors. The Talmud lists seven possible causes for tzaraath: lashon hara ("evil tongue", i.e. malicious gossip), murder, a vain oath, illicit...
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in rabbinical literature. The technical term for it in the latter is lashon hara, "the evil tongue". In the Bible, the equivalent words are: dibbah, meaning...
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Hvarshta, "good thoughts, good words, good deeds" in Zoroastrianism Lashon hara, prohibition of gossip in Judaism Manasa, vacha, karmana, three Sanskrit...
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