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Parashat Metzorah n.29
Navigating Life’s Journey with Ancient Insights
According to the Torah Miriam and Aaron speak against Moses because of his marriage to a Cushite woman, and as a result, Miriam is struck with tzara’at and put outside the camp.
What,” asks the Talmud “is the meaning of the phrase “Life and death are in the hands of the tongue”? this metaphor is used to convey the following message – just as hands can kill, so too can a tongue kill.” Except that killing with one’s tongue is worse than killing with one’s hands because it is anonymous.
The Talmud (Arachin 15b) teaches that “lashon hara, the evil tongue” (aka gossip) is even more deadly than a sword, as it can kill many people even from a great distance. This insight is doubly true in in our modern age of the internet and fake news.
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