[Avodah] Lashon Hara about non-Jews

Michael Makovi mikewinddale at gmail.com
Sat Dec 29 07:57:02 PST 2007


> 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

This is what my rabbi (learned under Rav Tzvi Yehuda Kook) said. He
said, one should not even want to speak lashon hara about a gentile.
But if there is a need to do so, then the lack of a strict prohibition
allows one to do so.

Mikha'el Makovi



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