Reply To: Kabbalas Loshon Horo

I tried to reply, but the glitch seemed to snatch my post again.

Is Kavod HaTorah in the same category as saving someone’s life and would the same rules apply?

I wasn’t comparing Kovod Hatorah to Pikuach Nefesh, I was drawing a parallel between two cases where you are acting on knowledge obtained by transgressing Loshon Horo.

I fully understand your argument, and I don’t disagree with you. I just see another tzad as well. When I asked my father what he would have done in my situation, his first reaction was like youts, that he would have done nothing, because it was all Loshon Hara.

But perhaps based on the way you heard the l”h and who you heard it from and the type of information it was, you were actually allowed to be “mekabel” it

Perhaps. I’m afraid we cannot explore that avenue, because I’d have to give away too many details in order to accurately discuss the possibility.

It was actually only your last line that made me wonder if you were referring to me

That line was. It was a reply to your frustration about those who just repeat their argument without responding to yours.

And I am kind of wondering why you posed your question in the CR instead of bringing it to such a Poseik (as interesting as I find it).

I have been in the CR for far too long, and definitely for long enough to know not to use this forum in place of legitimate halachic inquiry. I didn’t write the question because I wanted a psak, I posted because I thought it was an interesting question, and was happy to discuss it.

Actually, the very night the incident took place, I discussed it with [one of] the most distinguished Posek in the UK. He told me unequivocally that if it were to happen again the next morning, I should be moicheh again. However, we were discussing this specific case, and he had been involved in the “backstory” that I shouldn’t have known, and knew firsthand the involvement of this ‘askan’. Therefore, his psak may have been specifically about this case where knew the truth.