[Avodah] Did Tziporah say Lashon Hara?

[Zev Sero]

kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> Rashi (B'haalos'cha 12:1) quotes Rabi Nasan: "Miriam was at Tziporah's side when they told Moshe, 'Eldad and Medad are having nevuah in the camp.' When Tziporah heard, she said, 'Oy to their wives! If they get nevuah, they'll separate from their wives, like my husband separated from me.' That's how Miriam knew."
> 
> Was it Lashon Hara for Tziporah to say this to Miriam? It sure sounds like a complaint to me.
> 
> If it was not LH, why not?

Because she thought that was simply how it was with all nevi'im; that
once Hashem spoke to them they could no longer return to their wives
(or, presumably, their husbands).  Either she was unaware that Miriam
was a nevi'ah, or she thought Miriam was also living apart from Kalev.
She thought she was merely stating an uncontroversial fact, that there
was a downside to nevu'ah, that it's not necessarily a wonderful thing
to become a navi.  She wasn't to know that Moshe's nevu'ah was different
than any other.


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