When Rabbi Kessin said not to speak lashon hara to protect from the virus, this is what he was talking about. by Rav Ephraim Kenig shlit'a Reprinted with permission from Tzaddik Magazine  [October 2011] He [Rabbi Akiva] used to say "Everything is given on pledge and a net is spread out over all the living. The shop is open, the merchant extends credit, the ledger is open and the