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The Torah goes out of its way in a verbose way in order to use clean | The Torah goes out of its way in a verbose way in order to use clean speech and to teach us a lesson in the importance of the purity of one's tongue. Therefore, a person shouldn't let a vile expression exit his mouth. <ref>Gemara Pesachim 3a</ref> | ||
==Gravity of the Sin== | ==Gravity of the Sin== | ||
# The Gemara states that even though everyone knows why a bride enters a wedding canopy, the one who fouls his mouth to speak about it will | # The Gemara states that even though everyone knows why a bride enters a wedding canopy, the one who fouls his mouth to speak about it will lose any good decree God had in store for him and that decree will be turned into a harsh decree.<ref>Gemara [[Shabbat]] 33a. See Mesilat Yesharim (Ch. 11) who explains that [[vile speech]] is an extension of the prohibition of not exposing or seeing a person's nakedness.</ref> | ||
==Using Positive Speech== | ==Using Positive Speech== | ||
# One should compliment a bride in a way that is nice and kind. <Ref> Gemara Ketubot 17a</ref> | # One should compliment a bride in a way that is nice and kind. <Ref> Gemara Ketubot 17a</ref> | ||
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The Torah goes out of its way in a verbose way in order to use clean speech and to teach us a lesson in the importance of the purity of one's tongue. Therefore, a person shouldn't let a vile expression exit his mouth. [1]
Gravity of the Sin
- The Gemara states that even though everyone knows why a bride enters a wedding canopy, the one who fouls his mouth to speak about it will lose any good decree God had in store for him and that decree will be turned into a harsh decree.[2]
Using Positive Speech
- One should compliment a bride in a way that is nice and kind. [3]
- See the page about the Prohibition of Lying for details about lying for constructive purposes.
Sources
- ↑ Gemara Pesachim 3a
- ↑ Gemara Shabbat 33a. See Mesilat Yesharim (Ch. 11) who explains that vile speech is an extension of the prohibition of not exposing or seeing a person's nakedness.
- ↑ Gemara Ketubot 17a
