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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Emes
L'Yaakov</span><a style="" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span
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style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";">(Bereishis
37:18):</span></b><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I was asked
by a student why the Torah tells the
story about how Yosef was treated by his brothers – isn't it lashon
harah? I
answered firstly that the prohibition of lashon harah in fact only
applies to
the living but according to the Torah it is permitted to speak lashon
harah
about the dead except for an ancient cherem (Orech Chaim 606:3). And
this
cherem only applies to slander but not to facts even if they are not
flattering.</span>
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style=""> </span>אמת
ליעקב (בראשית לז:יח): </span></b><span style="font-family: FrankRuehl;"
lang="HE"><span style=""> </span>שאלני תלמיד א' איך צריך להסביר מה
שסיפרה
התורה סיפורים אלו על אחי יוסף, וכי אין זה בגדר לשון הרע? ומתחלה עניתי
דבאמת
לשה"ר אינו אלא על החיים, ועל מתים מותר מצד הדין ואינו אלא חרם הקדמונים
[עיין או"ח סי' תר"ו ס"ג]. והחרם אינו אלא על מוצאי שם רע ולא על
לשון הרע.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<blockquote cite="mid:038a01c9a6a2$c246c360$46d44a20$@com" type="cite">
<pre wrap="">On Areivim, someone contended:
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<pre wrap="">I don't think Lashon Hara applies to the dead.
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