[Avodah] Newspaper and LH

[Cantor Wolberg]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:31:12AM -0700, Liron Kopinsky wrote:
: The end of the 3rd perek of Megillah (25b) seems to say that if it  
is known
: that someone is an adulterer that it is permissible to embarrass  
them in
: public....

It's also interesting that much of 25b deals with avodah zarah and how  
you are allowed to mock it. Then near the end Rav Ashi says that if  
someone has a bad reputation and people say he is immoral and commits  
adultery, you can embarrass him b'gimel and shin (which is not too  
pleasant). However, it does NOT say that one can do it in public.  
Perhaps you can infer that but it doesn't specifically say "in  
public." Also, immediately afterwards it says that if people say  
something complimentary and good about someone, you can praise that  
person. I see it as a balance to the first scenario.
My question is: without witnessing it, how would you know if someone  
is an adulterer?  Just because people say it doesn't make it so.

ri
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