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whereas that robe atones for lashon hara spoken in public.
R' Shmuel bar Nadav asked R' Ḥanina, and some say that it was R' Shmuel bar Nadav, the son-in-law of R' Ḥanina, who asked of R' Ḥanina, and some say that he asked it of R' Yehoshua ben Levi: What is different and notable about a metzora, that the Torah states: “He shall dwell alone; outside of the
R' Yehuda ben Levi says: What is different and notable about a metzora that the Torah states that he is to bring two birds for his purification (Leviticus 14:4)? God says: He acted by speaking lashon hara with an act of chatter; therefore the Torah says that he is to bring an offering of birds, who
§ A baraita states: “You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall rebuke [hokhe’aḥ tokhiaḥ] your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him” (Leviticus 19:17). Why does the verse specify “in your heart”? One might have thought that the verse means: Do not hit him, do not slap him, and
From where is it derived with regard to one who sees an unseemly matter in another that he is obligated to rebuke him? As it is stated: “You shall rebuke [hokhe’aḥ tokhiaḥ] your neighbor.” If one rebuked him for his action but he did not accept the rebuke, from where is it derived that he must rebuk