The Impact of Lashon Hara

Special Halashon Audio Series

Do your New Year's resolutions include better speech? Listen to some inspirational wisdom...

Introduction to Shmirat Halashon / Guarding One's Speech with Rebbetzin Feige Twerski
Rebbetzin Twerski talks about speech as the essence of man, and the awesome ability we have to use it to destroy or to build (11 minutes).

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Rebbetzin Feige Twerski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin lectures worldwide on a myriad of Judaic subjects. She is a mother of 11 children, and serves as the Rebbetzin alongside her husband, Rabbi Michel Twerski, of Congregation Beth Jehudah of Milwaukee. She also writes an online column about Jewish family topics.

The Impact of Lashon Hara with Rabbi Zev Leff
Rabbi Leff sheds insight into the teachings of our Sages: How Lashon Hara inflicts "private" damage upon the speaker, why Miriam's Lashon Hara was not Lashon Hara, and the power of speech to unify the elements within man and mankind as a whole (9 minutes).

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Rabbi Zev Leff, Rabbi of Moshav Matityahu and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola Matisyahu in Israel, teaches in numerous yeshivot in Israel and lectures throughout Israel and the English-speaking world. Many of his lectures are available on his web site http://www.rabbileff.net/, where one may also send in questions and listen to the Rabbi's responses. He is also the author of Shiurei Bina - Outlooks & Insights on the Weekly Torah Portion.

How to Improve One's Speech with Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits
Rabbi Berkovits shares one technique to avoid Lashon Hara which tops the list of tips and strategies for self-improvement (10 minutes).

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Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits, a renowned expert on Jewish Law and Philosophy, is dean of the Center for Jewish Values, a Jerusalem-based organization which advances knowledge of Hilchos Bein Adom L'Chavero, the Torah's teachings on interpersonal relationships. Rabbi Berkowitz has spoken on dozens of Bein Adom L'Chavero topics (which are available on audiotape and CD at tapes@jewishvalues.us), and co-authored Chofetz Chaim: A Lesson A Day.