{"id":69651,"date":"2020-02-04T12:58:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T10:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=69651"},"modified":"2023-09-02T23:18:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T20:18:42","slug":"evil-speech-kills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/evil-speech-kills\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil Speech Kills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[501,401,377],"acf":{"old_id":"69651","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"409","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"A tongue is like a sharpened arrow\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our chapter, Jeremiah rails against those who would use the spoken word for evil purposes: <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They bend their tongues like bows\u2026They advance from evil to evil. And they do not heed Me\u2014declares the Lord\u2026Their tongue is a sharpened arrow. They use their mouths to deceive. One speaks to his fellow in friendship but lays an ambush for him in his heart (Jeremiah 9:2-7).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talmud Bavli Arakhin 15b preserves a discussion of \u201cevil speech\u201d (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lashon ha-ra<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) that centers on Jeremiah\u2019s prophecy: \u201cRav Hisda said in the name of Mar Ukba. The Holy One, blessed be He, says to Gehinnom [Hell] about the one who uses the spoken word for evil purposes: \u2018I shall be against him from above. You be against him from below. And together we shall condemn him, as it is said: \u201cO Lord, save\u2026from a deceitful tongue! What can you profit\u2026O deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty man, with hot coals of broom-wood\u201d\u2019 (Psalms 120:2-4). \u201cArrow\u201d means evil speech (lashon ha-ra), as it is said: \u201cTheir tongue is a sharpened arrow\u201d (Jeremiah 9:7). And \u201cmighty man\u201d means the Holy One, blessed be He, as it says: \u201cThe Lord will go forth as a mighty man\u201d (Isaiah 42:13). And \u201ccoals of broom-wood\u2019 means Gehinnom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRabbi Hama bar Hanina said: \u2018What is the corrective for those who employ evil speech? If he be a student of the wise (<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">talmid-hakham<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), he should engage in Torah, as it says: \u201cA healing tongue is a tree of life\u201d (Proverbs 15:4). And \u201ctongue\u201d here means evil speech, as it says: \u201cTheir tongue is a sharpened arrow\u201d (Jeremiah 9:7). And \u201ctree of life\u201d means the Torah, as it says: \u201cShe is a tree of life to those who grasp her\u201d (Proverbs 3:18). But if he be unlearned, he should simply become humble\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRabbi Hama bar Hanina said: \u2018What is the meaning of: \u201cDeath and life are in the hand of the tongue\u201d (Proverbs 18:21)? But does the tongue have a \u201chand\u201d? Rather, this tells you that just as the hand can kill, so too can the tongue kill. Now, you might think that just as the hand can kill only what is near it, so too the tongue can kill only what near it. Therefore, Scripture says: \u201cTheir tongue is a sharpened arrow\u201d (Jeremiah 9:7). This tells you that the tongue can kill at a distance like an arrow. But, why then was it necessary to also state: \u201cDeath and life are in the hand of the tongue\u201d (Proverbs 18:21)? This accords with what Raba said: One who seeks to kill can do so with the tongue by employing evil speech. 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