We need to have compassion for human frailty. no one is
perfect, everyone has faults and limitations. we must be careful how we
speak to and about people even though we might not approve of
everything they have done. Each individual will have personal quirks
and idiosyncrasies. It is indulging an exercise of futility to think
that you can force anyone to be exactly as you would wish them to be.
Lesson 2
Even though we are forbidden to
believe lashon hora, we are permitted to be cautious on the basis of
what we hear to protect ourselves from any possible loss or damage. We
aren’t allowed to believe the negative information, only allowed to be
careful in our dealings with that person to save ourselves from loss.
Our respect/esteem for that person cannot change.
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Lashon Hora = Saying a derogatory/negative statement about someone else that is TRUE
Motzi Shaim Ra (Defamation of Character) = Saying a derogatory statement that is FALSE
About Whom is it Forbidden to Speak Lashon Hora
- Any Individual Jew - Alive or not, - adult or child, family member
(spouse, in-laws, parent, child, siblings), groups/sects of Jews,
Entire Jewish Nation
Rechilus - A word used to depict someone who goes to a person and tells them what someone else has said about them.
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