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Lashon hara
Lashon hara, or loshon hora, or other similar variations (the evil tongue in Hebrew) denotes gossip and defamation. Unlike defamation in American and English law, however, truth is not a defense to the sin of lashon hara.
The main prohibition against Lashon Hara is mentioned in Leviticus 19:16 [1] : "Do not go as a gossiper amongst your people".
The definitive work on Lashon Hara is the book Chafetz Chayim by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (1873). Chafetz Chaim lists 31 speech-related mitzvot mentioned in the Torah.
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