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– It is also forbidden to listen to Lashon Hara. The Talmud says (Arachin 15b) that “Lashon Hara kills three: the one who said it, the one who listened and the one about whom it was said.”
– One’s words should always be measured, to ascertain that nothing detrimental to another will result from them.
Therefore:
1. When asked about someone, one shouldn’t respond: “I’d rather not talk about that individual and/or situation.” True, Lashon Hara wasn’t said – but it was implied!
2. Don’t praise a person in front of his enemy. That will only cause him to respond with Lashon Hara.
– It is permitted to speak Lashon Hara for the purpose of protecting a person from harm. For example: one is permitted (and obligated) to notify a person of another’s conspiracy against him.
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