[Avodah] Lashon Hara about non-Jews

Moshe Y. Gluck mgluck at gmail.com
Fri Dec 28 08:23:51 PST 2007


R' Doron Beckerman:
>I understand that there is no prohibition involved in telling Lashon Hara 
>about non-Jews, but someone asked me a question today. Assuming Lashon Hara
>causes a Hashchasas HaMiddos, (or, alternatively, stems from a Hashchasah
of
>needing to feel superior to Ploni by putting him down), why would the Torah

>allow us to spread Lashon Hara about non-Jews?

Maybe the Middos aspect would be Mechayev that one not do it for L'lo
To'eles, but when there is a To'eles one need not worry about all the
T'na'im the Chofetz Chaim would otherwise require.

KT,
MYG 




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