Evil Speech
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A husband who falsely alleges that his wife was adulterous after kiddushin
In General
Defining Evil Speech as something which one says about someone else, for which they would have to recant before the other person: Shabbat 118b
Is the act of an unlearned lay-person: Pesachim 49b
One who tells Evil Speech should be thrown to the dogs like an animal's corpse: Pesachim 118a; Makkot 23a
A person who does not respond to his humiliation is one who loves Hashem: Shabbat 88b
Whether information written or hinted in the Torah may constitute Evil Speech: Shabbat 96b
For a
Court Summoner
to return to the court with news of the
summoned party
's blasphemy of the Court: Moed Katan 16a
Gd says, regarding someone who tells evil speech, "He and I cannot dwell in the same world!": Sotah 5a
Talmudic Expression for talebearers, "Weavers by the moonlight": Sotah 6b
Punished with drought
: Taanit 7b
The tongue is used to attack without benefiting the attacker: Taanit 8a
The story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza, Bar Kamtza's
humiliation
, the
silence of the sages
, Bar Kamtza's lashon hara, the
Romans' Temple offering
and its
blemish
, and the
Roman destruction of the second Temple
: Gittin 55b-56a
Tale-Bearing
Applying the term "rachil" - peddling - for tale-bearing: Ketuvot 46a
In
testifying alone
against an individual, so that nothing can be done but you create a bad name for him: Pesachim 113b (See Rashbam)
Causing punishment of
Tzaraat
In General: Berachot 5a-b; Keritot 26a
On
Avdan
: Yevamot 105b
On
Moshe Rabbeinu
: Shabbat 97a
On
Aharon
and
Miriam
: Shabbat 97a
For the Listener
One who accepts evil speech should be thrown to the dogs like an animal's corpse: Pesachim 118a; Makkot 23a
Placing One's Fingers in One's Ears: Ketuvot 5a-b
Closing up One's ears: Ketuvot 5b
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