Is it Permissible to Speak Loshon Hara About a Non Jew?
Stump the Rabbi: Is it permissible to speak Loshon Hara about a non-Jew? Rabbi Elchanan Tauber answers. Video
Stump the Rabbi: Is it permissible to speak Loshon Hara about a non-Jew? Rabbi Elchanan Tauber answers. Video
And even in societies when no such laws exist, why would we be allowed to talk about them? We know that its like murder….??
Lashon harah is not slander. (Slander being a false statement.)
With respect to the rav and to the letter of the law, I do wish more had been said here in the way of middas hachassidus. I’m sure we all know about making a kiddush Hashem, about showing respect to every human being, common sense, and the effect on ourselves when we engage in negative thought and speech.
Lashon harah is a TRUE statement that is negative, has a negative connotation, or might have a negative effect.
We hear every so often about a “goy” that reveals (or himself discovers) that he is a Jew.
Imagine speaking loshon hara about this person, and only later learning that he is actually a Jew!
Even a remote possibility of transgressing such a serious avayroh MUST be avoided!!
Would you ever eat meat that is only probably kosher?!