Lashon

Gossip is called lashon hara, “the evil tongue,” and the rabbis believed it to be one of the worst crimes against society. ❋ David Hazony (2010)

This passage and others give rise to an extended rabbinic discussion on the nature of disparaging speech lashon ha-ra. ❋ Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie (2011)

And the Talmud, the Jewish oral tradition that was later written down in the face of exile and fills in many of the missing details of the Five Books of Moses through stories about people, is that also lashon hara? ❋ Josh Fleet (2010)

The rabbi told Goldman the paper was filth, lashon hara. ❋ Josh Fleet (2010)

The guy who wrote the book about such evil speech, Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan 1838 - 1933, and is referred to by the name of that book, Chofetz Chaim, said that lashon harah harms three people: the speaker, the listener and the one who is the subject of the gossip. ❋ Josh Fleet (2010)

The discussion, titled "Is Journalism Kosher?" centered on the Jewish prohibition against lashon hara, which literally means "evil tongue" but is commonly translated as "gossip." ❋ Josh Fleet (2010)

We must not hide behind worries of protecting the supposedly unjustly accused or concern about lashon harah (speaking ill of a fellow human being) or bringing shame upon our community. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The gravest type of rechilut is lashon hara which literally means "the evil tongue." ❋ Unknown (2009)