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Jul 11, 2006 12:24

Describes it more quickly and accessibly for me: Lashon hara (Hebrew לשון הרע "evil tongue", often transliterated as loshon hora) is the Jewish sin of gossip. Lashon hara can be either spoken or written. Whereas in law, slander and libel refer to untrue defamation, lashon hara generally refers to true statements (although untrue gossip is also ( Read more... )

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ivytheadventure July 11 2006, 18:55:52 UTC
i looked it up on wikipedia, too! so that i might understand this mess. ha

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