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<font size=3>At 03:05 PM 12/14/2008, T613K@aol.com wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">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.</font></blockquote><br><br>
Absolutely no disrespect was meant to RSRH. He is one of my heroes.
Indeed, we just returned from a dinner marking the completion of the new
translation of RSRH's commentary to the Chumash. I had a chance to
briefly meet Rabbi Shelomo Danziger as well as many descendents of RSRH.
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I did not derive anything. I know that what RSRH wrote is not LH.
However, some have insisted that one cannot write anything negative about
anybody. I believe that RSRH's commentary on what Shimon and Levi did
proves that this is not true. There are times when it is permitted to
write negative things about people. <br><br>
Someone wrote to me<br><br>
<font size=2>Black letter law - from the classic work of the Chofetz
Chaim.<br>
</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2>A. There is a
prohibition on Loshon HaRa - even the written form. No questions about
that.<br>
</font><font size=3> </font><font size=2>B. Information
that is widely known and disseminated is not Loshon HaRa even when
spoken, unless you are providing some new "insight".<br><br>
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</font>But, please do not accuse me of being disrespectful to Rabbiner
Hirsch. The more I study of his writings, the higher my opinion of him
goes. <br><br>
YL <br><br>
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