LEV595 We are forbidden to embarrass people. This verse prohibits us from embarrassing others, even when delivering a rebuke (Erchin 16b). If you shame someone in public, the offense is so severe that it is punishable by the loss of olam haboh (Bava Metzia 59a). In public is defined as the presence of three or more people (Chofetz Chayim, first footnote in ch. 2). [Transcriber's note: Author provides discussion of basic laws of prohibition against embarrassing others].