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<DIV>In a message dated 12/13/2008, Larry.Levine@stevens.edu writes:</DIV>
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size=3>There have been times when people have criticized me for sending out
messages that contain negative information about people. The accusation
is that what I sent out is Loshon Harah, and I am not allowed to disseminate
such information. They claim that even if the information is widely
known and has appeared in the media, one is not allowed to distribute it
further. In light of this, I present the commentary of RSRH on what Shimon and
Levi did as it appears in the new translation of his commentary to Bereshis
34: 25 - 31.<BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>>>><BR>According to the Chofetz Chaim, negative
information may be disseminated for certain kinds of to'eles. To derive
from the Torah commentary of a tzaddik and great Torah scholar some kind of
blanket permission to spread negative information about Jews is really quite a
stretch. There is also a tone of disrespect towards RSRH in the very title
of this thread.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><STRONG></STRONG><BR><B>--Toby Katz<BR>=============<BR></B>Read
*Jewish World Review* at <A
href="http://jewishworldreview.com/">http://jewishworldreview.com/</A><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
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