dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (GREEN) (04/12/84)
[] Mr Martillo: I admit to spreading lashon hara ( more on that ) about you on the net concerning your views and the great Marvel Comic Book controversy. I will now publicly ask for your forgivness. This is my attempt to apologize for any injury my lashon hara has caused. I am truly sorry and need your forgivness. Shalom, David Seth Green ______________________________________________________________________________ Lashon Hara ( Evil Gossip ) "You shall not go about spreading slander among your people" ( Leviticus 19:16) or Vayikra Kedoshim. This is from the Sedra of 4/28/84 and may be a suitable topic for discussion now. The term slander has been defined as the utterance or dissemination of false statements or reports concerning a person, or malicious misrepresentation of his actions in order to defame or injure him. As I understand it ( please correct me if I am wrong ) Leviticus 19:16, in the Jewish tradition, is understood to forbid the spreading of gossip, even if the report is true and told without malice ( Yad, Deoth 7:2 ); uncharitable comment on fellow men is classified as a shade of slander or "dust of evil speech" (Bava Bathra 165a). As some say "Gossip when true, slander when false". The Torah prohibitions against lashon hara must be observed towards any mitzvah observer, though it may be permissible to speak evil about someone classified as a rasha, for example an apikoros ( amisecha Vayikra 25:17, Bava Metzia 59a ). _____________________________________________________________________________ My posting/reply to Mr. Martillo can be classified as lashon hara and I am asking his forgivness. I would also like to open up the topic of lashon hara for discussion, if anyone is interested. Shalom, David Seth Green phone 201-564-2290 path ..floyd!mhuxi!dsg
zev@hou2a.UUCP (Z.FARKAS) (04/12/84)
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I remember learning that lashon hara (evil speech) meant saying true things about a person that he/she would not like being spread around. Motzee shem rah (causing a bad name) refers to the same, except that the tale is false. chag kasher v'sameach ( a kosher and happy passover) zev farkas hou2a!zev 201 949 3821