4. Be kind to yourself. Speaking badly even about yourself is unethical.
הלכות שמירת הלשון A rebel due to temptation is someone who regularly submits to temptation in violating a specific mitzvah. While the prohibition…
In the case of a habitual sinner who ignores a particular commandment altogether, one is to assume that even a…
If a person whose actions may have involved a given transgression is known to commit that particular sin at least…
Before assuming that a person’s actions merit tochachah, reproof, one must be absolutely certain that he has, in fact, sinned.…
The first category of constructive purpose is to help the person about whom one is speaking. There is a tendency…
It is permissible to speak negatively about a person: (1) to help the person, or (2) to help anyone victimized…
As noted above, the permissibility of speaking negatively for a constructive purpose is based upon the principle that it is…
Having ascertained that the negative information is accurate, that the perpetrator was not justified, and that reproof has proven unsuccessful…
While derogatory information may be related for a constructive purpose, slander cannot be justified. One does not have the right…
If, in addition to personal reproof, any other option exists that could preclude the necessity to speak negatively of someone,…