page_title: Lashon hara
hierarchical_section_title: Lashon hara
caption_attribution_description: English: No lashon hara sign, Jerusalem Français&#160;: Jérusalem - Quartier de Méa Shéarim - Affiche sur laquelle est écrit moitié en anglais et moitié en hébreu&#160;: s'il vous plait, pas de médisance.
context_page_description: Lashon hara is the halakhic term for derogatory speech about a person, which emotionally or financially damages them or lowers them in the estimation of others. Lashon hara differs from defamation in that lashon hara is truthful speech rather than lies.
  Lashon hara is considered to be a very serious sin in the Jewish tradition. The communicator of lashon hara violates the prohibition of lo telech rachil b'ameicha.
context_section_description: Lashon hara (or loshon horo) (Hebrew: לשון הרע‎; "evil tongue") is the halakhic term for derogatory speech about a person, which emotionally or financially damages them or lowers them in the estimation of others. Lashon hara differs from defamation in that lashon hara is truthful speech rather than lies.
  Lashon hara is considered to be a very serious sin in the Jewish tradition. The communicator of lashon hara (and rechilut) violates the prohibition of lo telech rachil b'ameicha ("do not go out as a talebearer among thy people").
caption: "No lashon hara" sign in the Mea Shearim quarter of Jerusalem
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