Torah.org Meor Einayim By Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein Meor Einayim - Unpacking Lashon Hora
Torah.org Meor Einayim By Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein Meor Einayim - Unpacking Lashon Hora Meor Einayim By Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein To Dedicate an Article click here Parshas Metzorah Unpacking Lashon Hora This should be the Torah of the metzora on the day of his purification. He shall be brought to the Kohen. [2] Why is it that lashon hora, according to Chazal, is the equivalent of avodah zarah ? [3] We understand the link to the metzora , a word that can be expanded to motzai ra , or the one who brings out evil. [4] Making public the indiscretions or faults of another is the very definition of lashon hora . Moreover, it is axiomatic that Hashem loves every Jew, even the rasha. Kivayachol , He receives oneg , pleasure, from each Jew. When the worth of a Jew is challenged or blunted by lashon hora , it introduces an element of sadness, as it were, into His hanhagah . The oneg cha