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Subject:
INSIGHT 5767-28: THE ROOT OF LOSHON HARA
Author:
rbh@nishma.org
Date:
6/2/2007
The ideas expressed in the Insight also explain the significance of ma'arot ha'ayin, concern for how something looks. We do not live in a vacuum. We must make decisions on our environment including the nature of individuals around us. While concepts such as loshon hara make us aware of context and inform us that we must be careful in evaluating our environment with the recognition that we must be humble in seeing the contest of an action -- iow be concerned about our judgements -- we must also be aware of the fact that we in turn are also be seen and evaluated and we therefore have an obligation to express who we are properly and project the proper context for others to see us. This, at times, means acting in accord with what the other may perceive rather than the absolute correctness of the act itself. |
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