LEV697 The Talmud teaches us that all of us, on almost a daily basis, say or imply unfair things about others (Bava Batra 165a). Therefore the battle against lashon hara is one that we must fight one day at a time. Our goal should be to observe as much of these laws as we can, even if our efforts are not always successful. Although some people are disturbed that Jewish law includes a commandment that cannot be fully observed, this is not the only law of which this is true. How many of us can claim that we never violate the Torah's most famous command, "Love your neighbor as yourself" [this verse]? Yet this law causes many of us to act on a higher ethical level than we would otherwise. In the same way, the prohibition against talebearing helps restrain us--even when tempted--from speaking ill of others; even if we do say something we shouldn't, we share it with fewer people.