[Avodah] Loshon Hora

[Ben Waxman]

And had they not spoken, perhaps Am Yisrael could have been created 
without all the suffering.

Ben

On 12/19/2011 1:28 PM, Prof. Levine wrote:
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> However, it was because of this Loshon Hora that Yaakov and his family 
> went down to Mitzraim and, as a result, the Jewish nation was 
> created.  So this Loshon Hora brought about the most important 
> development in history -  the creation of the Jewish people!
>
> Are we to surmise from this that Loshon Hora can have positive 
> benefits as well?  YL