Daily Reminder – 11th Tammuz, 5769
Rav Elchonon Wasserman Goes Digging For Lashon Hara
Rashi writes (Beitza 33a), “I heard from Rav Shmuel, who is called Chasid”, the pious one. Rav Elchonon Wasserman asks why didn’t Rashi, who is known not to write extra words, just say Rav Shmuel Chasid? Rav Elchonon answers that giving someone a title he doesn’t deserve is also Lashon Hara, because it can ultimately cause him harm.
From here we see the severity of Lashon Hara and how the gedolim went to great lengths to define and determine any speech that contains the slightest trace of Lashon Hara. Halevai us small people should stay away from blatant Lashon Hara.
“Zachor Eis Asher Asa Hashem L’Miriam BaDerech B’Tzaischem MiMitzrayim”
The Ramban and other Rishonim count, among the Mitzvos Aseh Min HaTorah, the mitzva of remembering and saying with your mouth each day what Hashem did to Miriam when she spoke about her brother Moshe. The Chofetz Chaim in Shaar Tvunah Perek 12 says that being Mikayem this mitzva can save you from the aveira of Lashon Hara. More than just saying the pasuk, says the Chofetz Chaim, one must think about the incident in order for it to have its intended effect.
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