Category Archives: Shmiras Haloshon

Benefit of the Doubt

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Emuna Daily

If at all feasible, you should give people the benefit of the doubt.  If you relate an incident, not giving the benefit of the doubt in circumstances which obligate you to do so, you would be guilty of speaking loshon … Continue reading →

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Listening

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Emuna Daily

The Torah prohibits listening to lashon hara even if one has no intention of accepting or believing what is said. ~ Chafetz Chaim

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Even if it is Not Derogatory

Posted on December 13, 2015 by Emuna Daily

  Any statement, even if not derogatory, that might ultimately cause financial loss, physical pain, mental anguish or any damage, is loshon hora. ~ Guard Your Tongue By the way, be extra careful not to speak any loshon hara while … Continue reading →

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“I won’t mention any names…”

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Emuna Daily

It is not necessary to explicitly mention someone’s name for a statement to be considered loshon hora.  If the listener will [at any time] be able to deduce the identity of the person you are referring to, you are guilty … Continue reading →

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“Only Joking” – No Excuse

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Emuna Daily

You are forbidden to speak loshon hora even in jest.  The Torah prohibits derogatory statements, even if they are said without hatred and without the intention of degrading the person being spoken about.  ~ Guard Your Tongue

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Thinking about Others

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Emuna Daily

One should not even think about others and their affairs unless it is for the purpose of benefiting them, whether for their bodies or their souls.  Besides this, one should not think about them at all – ever. ~ R’ … Continue reading →

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To His Face

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Speaking loshon hora about someone in his presence is very serious even if your sole intention in mentioning his faults is to criticize him constructively.  Corrective comments should be delivered privately.  Offending someone publicly is loshon hora and constitutes a … Continue reading →

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Loshon Hora Lesson from the Parsha

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Emuna Daily

Instead of arranging for Yitzhak to become blind so as to enable Rivka and Yakov to trick him into blessing Yakov, G-d could have simply revealed Esav’s wickedness and unworthiness to Yitzhak. G-d would not have been divulging anything that … Continue reading →

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Even In Front of the Person

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Emuna Daily

If you feel that you would relate the loshon hora even if the subject were present, it is still forbidden.  ~ Guard Your Tongue

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A Curse

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Emuna Daily

If you maliciously speak loshon hora about someone behind his back and do not want him to find out that you maligned him, in addition to violating the prohibition against speaking loshon hora, you also incur upon yourself a curse: … Continue reading →

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