Category Archives: Shmiras Haloshon

The Chafetz Chaim used to say: “When you are about to say something, first consider the good that will come from your talking.  Will it be beneficial for your soul?  Will it further your personal interests, business, or health?  These … Continue reading →

One who is zealous in avoiding forbidden speech becomes enveloped in a spirit of sanctity. ~ Zohar on Parashas Chukas

Loshon Hora kills three people: the speaker, the listener, and the subject. ~ Erchin 15b

“Every single word of lashon hara is considered a separate sin.  If all the words are reckoned together, they amount to an enormous sum.  Perhaps, G-d forbid, they may even outnumber the good deeds we have to our credit.” ~ … Continue reading →

By speaking lashon hara against a person, one transfers all of his credits for Torah study and mitzvos to that person and receives in exchange all of the other person’s sins.  This is the meaning of the verse, “All of … Continue reading →

Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagan, author of Chofetz Chayim, used to say that some people are mistaken about his book on loshon hora. “It’s not a book against speaking,” the Chofetz Chayim would say.  “On the contrary.  The book gives one … Continue reading →

A liar’s punishment is that he is not believed even when he is telling the truth. ~ R’ Shimon Bar Yochai

A person who scrupulously refrains from hurting others through words will surely not do so through action. ~ Sefer Shmiras Haloshon