Resumo das leis que pertencem ao dia mais sagrado e solene do ano judaicoPreparando-se para o Yom Kippur:É um mandamento positivo da Torá fazer teshuvá a Hashem at… Read More

Lashon hará (maledicência) é uma observação negativa verdadeira sobre outra pessoa. A Torá nos proíbe de fazer tal declaração ou… Read More

Daily Jot: Lashon hara and the talebearers - Bill Wilson -www.dailyjot.com Christians and conservatives get riled up pretty easy over the deliberate weaponization of the news, the… Read More

While football diehards gnawed their nails as the Rams managed a last-minute victory over the Bengals, those once-a-year watchers had a quite different, but equally suspenseful, experience… Read More

The post Loshon hara – A Salty Conversation appeared first on Story Tour. Tam and Chacham once set out together on a journey to do a d’var mitzvah (a deed of religious importance… Read More

The post Prayers or Slander appeared first on Story Tour. A young boy loved to learn and was always trying to improve his everyday behavior. He was very enthusiastic in prayer and devotion… Read More

The post An Open Gate, the World to Come and Speech appeared first on Story Tour. “Who left the garden gate open?” shouted the villager as he entered his cottage, “Those bl… Read More

The post A Student and His Old Teacher Learn about Language appeared first on Story Tour. A student was learning about language with his old teacher. He tried to understand the lessons and a… Read More

   by Reb Gutman Locks     Why Say Only Nice Things?        When you, G-d forbid, speak badly about someone (lashon hara), spiritual… Read More

Photo: Gordon McBryde The coronavirus quarantine has been compared to the quarantine of the person afflicted with tzara'at - which was a disease brought about by speaking lashon hara. … Read More

Unlike a lot of women I’ve spoken to, I have always loved Simchas Torah. As a child, I loved it for the dancing and excitement. I loved my shul’s longstanding tradition of giving… Read More

So much seems to be happening right before Rosh HaShanah, but the rules of lashon hara prevent me from saying exactly what I want to to say right now....   so I went searching my b… Read More

Dear Jew in the City, I hear people in the Orthodox community sometimes talk about tznius (modesty) for a woman like it is her MOST important mitzvah. Like what she exists for. While I&rsquo… Read More

Then the kohen shall order, and the person to be cleansed shall take two live, clean birds, a cedar stick, a strip of crimson [wool], and hyssop. [Metzora 14:4] Rashi explains that since… Read More

This week's Mishpacha magazine has an article about Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, the executive Vice President of the Agudath Israel of America.  In the article, Rabbi Zwiebel gives us an… Read More