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Loshon Harah is any form of speech or communication that may harm someone else emotionally, financially, physically or damage their general reputation.<ref>Rambam, Hilchot De’ot 7:5. Re reputation damage, cf. Chofetz Chaim, Hilchot Loshon Harah 1:1.</ref> This prohibition includes any communication that is verbalized, written, or simply implied even in a silent manner. That which is said or alluded to may even be entirely accurate. It is still prohibited. | Loshon Harah is any form of speech or communication that may harm someone else emotionally, financially, physically or damage their general reputation.<ref>Rambam, Hilchot De’ot 7:5. Re reputation damage, cf. Chofetz Chaim, Hilchot Loshon Harah 1:1.</ref> This prohibition includes any communication that is verbalized, written, or simply implied even in a silent manner. That which is said or alluded to may even be entirely accurate. It is still prohibited. | ||
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Also, one may not talk about others in a positive way if doing so will cause the subject suffering or other problems – such as highlighting someone's extraordinary generosity, as the donor may then be overwhelmed from all the unsolicited attention.<ref>Ibid., 9:1-3</ref> | Also, one may not talk about others in a positive way if doing so will cause the subject suffering or other problems – such as highlighting someone's extraordinary generosity, as the donor may then be overwhelmed from all the unsolicited attention.<ref>Ibid., 9:1-3</ref> | ||
==Giving a Business Reference== | |||
# If an employer is going to go to hire a certain person, and one knows that the potential employee isn’t careful with other people’s money or has some other quality that will cause the employer harm, one should alert the potential employer and it is not considered Lashon Hara because one’s intent is completely to protect the employer and not to degrade the employee. This general rule has a number of important conditions that must be met in order for it to be permitted. | |||
## One shouldn't decide too quickly that what the employer did was wrong, rather carefully consider if it was wrong. | |||
## One may not exaggerate. | |||
## One's purpose is to protect the employer and not because of personal hatred with the employee. | |||
## 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 loss 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> | |||
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