08 - Do Not Receive a False(?) Report
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The speaker and listener of Lashon Hara both violate the transgression of accepting a false report. The reason the Torah refers to the report as false even though a true report is included is because its impossible there wont be a mix of words that are not completely true. When we call attention to certain faults people have, it implies that is who he is but it doesn't give the full context which is misleading and false although it isn't a "lie" in the classical sense. Chofetz Chaim, Introduction (Lavin) וְעוֹבֵר נַמֵי (גם כן) (ב) הַמְסַפֵּר אוֹ הַמְקַבֵּל בְּלָאו (שְׁמות כ"ג א') דְּ''לֹא תִשָּׂא שֵׁמַע שָׁוְא'' וְקָרֵי בֵּהּ נַמֵי לֹא תַשִּׂיא, וְאִם כֵּן לָאו זֶה כּוֹלֵל לִשְׁנֵיהֶם Be'er Mayim Chaim, Lavin:2 שהתורה ירדה לסוף דעת המספר שכיון שהוא מספר טענותיו שלא בפני בעל דינו אי אפשר שלא יערב בתוך הטעמת דבריו דבר שאיננו אמת כ''כ Please send any feedback for any of the episodes to [email protected]
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