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# Even if while saying Lashon Hara one also degrades oneself it’s still forbidden. <Ref>Chafetz Chaim (Lashon Hara 1:9) </ref> | # Even if while saying Lashon Hara one also degrades oneself it’s still forbidden. <Ref>Chafetz Chaim (Lashon Hara 1:9) </ref> | ||
==Types of negative information== | ==Types of negative information== | ||
# Information is considered negative and damaging even if what is said is true and accurate. The discussion may be of criminal or general misconduct or of lackadaisical Jewish observance – relating either to interpersonal or general spiritual matters. One should not share, for example, that someone else does not give charity or keep kosher. | # Information is considered negative and damaging even if what is said is true and accurate. The discussion may be of criminal or general misconduct or of lackadaisical Jewish observance – relating either to interpersonal or general spiritual matters. One should not share, for example, that someone else does not give [[charity]] or keep kosher. | ||
# Defining what is considered negative can be very subjective. It is often relative or subject to judgment of the specific events in question. For example, saying one gives $500 a year to charity may be very positive or very negative, depending on the person being discussed.<ref> Chofetz Chaim, Hilchot Lashon Harah 4:3</ref> | # Defining what is considered negative can be very subjective. It is often relative or subject to judgment of the specific events in question. For example, saying one gives $500 a year to [[charity]] may be very positive or very negative, depending on the person being discussed.<ref> Chofetz Chaim, Hilchot Lashon Harah 4:3</ref> | ||
==Listening to Lashon Harah== | ==Listening to Lashon Harah== | ||
# There is a Biblical prohibition of believing any form of Lashon Harah, even if the subject of discussion is present and does not deny what's being said about him.<ref> Chofetz Chaim, Hilchot Lashon Harah 7:1-2 from gemara in Pesachim 87b and 118a. see Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot 181 and Hilchot Sanhedrin 21:7, Sefer HaChinukh 74, Shaarei Teshuvah 303:211 </ref> | # There is a Biblical prohibition of believing any form of Lashon Harah, even if the subject of discussion is present and does not deny what's being said about him.<ref> Chofetz Chaim, Hilchot Lashon Harah 7:1-2 from gemara in Pesachim 87b and 118a. see Rambam Sefer HaMitzvot 181 and Hilchot Sanhedrin 21:7, Sefer HaChinukh 74, Shaarei Teshuvah 303:211 </ref> | ||
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## If it is possible to accomplish this task without speaking Lashon Hara, do that and don’t speak Lashon Hara. | ## If it is possible to accomplish this task without speaking Lashon Hara, do that and don’t speak Lashon Hara. | ||
## It is okay if one’s speech will cause the employee to lose a good opportunity, but if one's speech will cause a negative outcome (taking away something he already has) for the employee it is forbidden.<ref>Sefer Chafetz Chaim Hilchot Rechilut 9:2</ref> | ## It is okay if one’s speech will cause the employee to lose a good opportunity, but if one's speech will cause a negative outcome (taking away something he already has) for the employee it is forbidden.<ref>Sefer Chafetz Chaim Hilchot Rechilut 9:2</ref> | ||
==About the Land of Israel== | |||
# It is forbidden to say Lashon Hara about the [[land of Israel]], its fruits, its people or any other aspect of it. <ref> Mishpatei Hashalom pg. 220. This is learned from the spies who are punished in Parashat Shelach for their slander of the [[land of Israel]]. </ref> | |||
==About Deceased== | |||
# It is also forbidden to speak Lashon Hara about the deceased. <ref> Mishpatei Hashalom pg. 220 </ref> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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