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November 16, 2008 9:00 pm at 9:00 pm #588669mw13Participant
I can’t help but notice the tremendous amount of lashon hara that is being posted here on ywn about the recent elections in Yerushalayim. I personally think that ywn should censor all these posts. What does the oilum hold?
November 17, 2008 1:39 am at 1:39 am #625645tzippiMemberI’m with you, mw13. It’s painful.
November 17, 2008 2:39 am at 2:39 am #625646JosephParticipantAdd me to the petition. I completely agree.
November 17, 2008 2:48 am at 2:48 am #625648dont have internetMemberagree
November 17, 2008 3:01 am at 3:01 am #625650mw13Participanttzippi, it really is. i usually simply can’t finish reading the posts under any Yerushalayim election-related news due to the incredible amount of sinas chinom and lashon hara / motzei shaim ra.
and to all those who agree with me, when you see someone post something inappropriate, say something!
November 17, 2008 4:10 am at 4:10 am #625651Belev EchadParticipanttotaly agree.
now, instead of just bemoaning it…let’s do something about it, ok?
how about if there’s a column for ppl to post daily hilchos lashon hara or something?
or any other ideas….
November 17, 2008 5:12 am at 5:12 am #625652illini07MemberSign me on
November 17, 2008 9:25 am at 9:25 am #625653noitallmrParticipantmw13- way to go…
November 17, 2008 4:59 pm at 4:59 pm #625654Mayan_DvashParticipantI actually sent an email via the Contact Us page. Still waiting for a response, though.
November 18, 2008 7:31 pm at 7:31 pm #625655smartcookieMembermayan-dvash- they dont really respond very often
November 19, 2008 6:00 pm at 6:00 pm #625656oheiv sholomParticipantBlev echad go for it
November 19, 2008 11:25 pm at 11:25 pm #625657David Bar-MagenMemberYes, please do go for it. I am tired of big talkers on ANY subject lining up to speak widescale lashon hara on anyone who doesn’t agree with them. If people would so much as open a Sefer Chafetz Chaim, they might learn some halachos they haven’t picked up from those other sefarim he wrote…
November 20, 2008 12:57 am at 12:57 am #625658smalltowngirlMembermayan_dvash and smartcookie, don’t you comments constitute lashon hara?
If we really study the laws of shmiras halashon we would learn that we should be blogging. Opinions most ofter lead to conversations, which lead to differences, which lead to…
I think we should resolve ourselves to the simple fact that ALL of us are guilty to some degree and that we excersise more care and sensitivity.
November 20, 2008 2:50 am at 2:50 am #625659mw13Participantsmalltowngirl, although i believe that you are right that”we should resolve ourselves to… excersise more care and sensitivity”, i must say that mayan_dvash’s didn’t speak lashon hara by saying that he had emailed ywn and was waiting for a response, and neither did smartcookie by saying that mayan_dvash shouldn’t worry that his post is being ignored, ywn will answer in time.
November 20, 2008 3:04 am at 3:04 am #625660shtark bochurMembersmalltowngirl: the gemara states that we are not choshesh for two chashoshes so dont worry so much
November 20, 2008 3:26 am at 3:26 am #625661ChachamParticipanti must compliment yw editor for lately closing all these crazy fouroms
November 20, 2008 4:04 am at 4:04 am #625662mw13Participantshtultzy guy, are you complimenting ywn for cracking down on lashon hara, or saying this is a crazy topic?
November 20, 2008 6:34 pm at 6:34 pm #625663shtark bochurMembermw13, he definetly means that this is a crazy topic
November 20, 2008 7:46 pm at 7:46 pm #625664smalltowngirlMemberI learned that anything that you say that can lead to lashon hara also constitutes lashon hara. Maybe I am wrong, it would not be the first time…
November 20, 2008 8:54 pm at 8:54 pm #625665jewishfeminist02MemberNearly anything one says can lead to lashon hara. Are you advocating a complete Ta’anit Dibur?
November 20, 2008 10:52 pm at 10:52 pm #625666smalltowngirlMemberNot at all jewfem – I am not an extremist.
But what I do advocate is effort in taking great care when we are bantering.
Even in jest, we are speaking L”H – we may not be causing harm to an individual we could however be causing harm to a cause or institution. If nothing else can we admit that we are ALL guilty…
Shmiras halashon is very very difficult to adhere to.
November 20, 2008 11:55 pm at 11:55 pm #625667shtark bochurMemberNO OFFENSE FEMINIST, BUT you can really improve your chances of speaking lh if you dont reply to every crazy topic
November 21, 2008 1:44 am at 1:44 am #625668squeakParticipantshtark bochur
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NO OFFENSE FEMINIST, BUT you can really improve your chances of speaking lh if you dont reply to every crazy topic
But when YOU reply to every topic, that doessn’t hurt your chances, or you just don’t care?
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