Publisher's Synopsis
Lashon hara [also known as leshon ha-ra or loshen horoh] [is] scandal-mongering. Lashon hara is considered to be prohibited by the Bible on the basis of Leviticus 19:16, "You shall not go up and down as a slanderer [in some translations: talebearer] among your people," and is frequently condemned in the Book of Proverbs.