[Avodah] LH about myself

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

I believe that a critical point has been omitted from this discussion.

In the story quoted, the CC did not merely say LH about himself.

Rather, he allegedly did something MUCH worse: He pretended to be saying LH about someone else.

This is something that I cannot believe the Chofetz Chayim would actually have done.

Forget about whether or not it is a violation of LH. It is certainly a violation of michshol, is it not?

To bad-mouth the tzadik hador?
Or to allow a fellow Jew to hear the tzadik hador getting bad-mouthed?

Those who want to get into the details of halacha, and point out that if a person doesn't mind a certain thing being said about him, which not only permits the LH, but renders such speech not-LH at all --- such people are missing the forest for the trees. And the specific tree I'm talking about is that the Chofetz Chayim would never have allowed such words to enter his brain, let alone to leave his lips, regardless of who the subject of those words might be.

This story has all the marks of an urban legend, and I'm content to ignore it.

Akiva Miller

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