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ביטוי (אנגלית)

To speak evil of/ defame/ slander/ denigrate

הגדרה (אנגלית)

He spoke ill of…; he spoke slander against…; he told degrading things about…

(“To teach you that afflictions come only because of evil speech… one who speaks disparagingly of his friend in public, even once or repeatedly.” — Yalkut Shimoni, Torah, Parashat Ki Tetse, Remez 395; and likewise: “And what of Miriam, that she did not intend to speak disparagingly, yet she was punished—light and severe—for speaking of her friend’s faults.” — Rashi, Bamidbar 12; and likewise: “There is a very great sin… and it is evil speech: telling of a friend’s faults even when speaking the truth. But one who speaks falsely and brings a bad name upon his friend is called [a slanderer].” — Maimonides, Sefer ha-Mada, Laws of Knowledge, Chapter 7, 2:109; and likewise: “The pain increases against those who speak disparagingly of families, of the citizens of a town, or of a tribe of Israel—for example, Sephardim against Ashkenazim and Ashkenazim against Sephardim—and it is known that the Holy One, blessed be He, is especially strict with teachers in this regard. There is no city, family, tribe, or person without faults—chaff without straw, tree without smoke—but the sin lies in speaking evil of them.” — Pele Yoetz, Ot Lamed, Lashon Hara.)