Evil speech — lashon hara, in Hebrew — refers to the prohibition against speech that is harmful to another person — even though it may be true. The parameters, laws, and spiritual implications of lashon hara are discussed throughout the Jewish textual tradition and are a focus of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan's Chafetz Chaim, the first work to organize the laws of proper speech comprehensively.
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