by Louis Kraus | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Who is the man who desires life and loves days that he may see the good? Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit" (Psalms 34: 13-14) See the Let's Begin button for your first...
by Louis Kraus | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Torah obligates us to vocally recall the punishment Miriam received for speaking lashon-hara about Moshe. There were numerous factors that might have mitigated the gravity of Miriam sin and thus her punishment: (1) She spoke about her brother whom she loved dearly...
by Louis Kraus | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
Torah obligates us to be equally considerate of the property and dignity of others as we are of our own. By speaking or listening to Evil Speech a person shows that he does not love the subject, definitely not to the degree that he loves himself. Although a person...
by Louis Kraus | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
This verse obligates us to give someone the benefit of the doubt when we see him performing an action that could be interpreted in his favor. If an average mitzvah observer does or says something and the chances of a favorable judgment and unfavorable judgment are...
by Louis Kraus | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
We are obligated to act with reverence when we enter a synagogue or a school as they are considered school or a holy place. Any one who speaks Lashon-Hara/Evil Speech violates this commandment.
by Louis Kraus | Nov 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
This verse requires us to honor a Torah scholar, even if he is not a, and an elderly person, even if he is not a scholar. If someone relates Lashon-Hara about a wise person or an elderly person in his presence, he violates this commandment.
