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LEVITICUS | 19:17 sin — LEV621 One who disparages another person before o...

LEV621 One who disparages another person before others to the extent that he causes the person’s face to change color from shame also violate the prohibition of לֹא־תִשָּׂ֥א עָלָ֖יו חֵֽטְא׃, “Do not bear a sin because of him" (Vayikra 19:17). With this prohibition, the Torah forbids one to humiliate another Jew even when he is rebuking him privately, meaning that one should not rebuke another person in a harsh manner that will cause him to be embarrassed. It is forbidden all the more to shame another person when one is not fulfilling the mitzvah of giving rebuke, or to embarrass him before others. The prohibition to embarrass someone applies even in private. However, if one humiliates another person publicly, then [his sin is far more severe. Indeed,] Chazal excised such a person from the World to Come, as they said, “One who humiliates his friend in public has no share in the World to Come.”

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