LEVITICUS — 19:12 swear Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 322 LEV350 It was taught: R. Yishmael says: "And do not swear in My name falsely" -- But you may swear to [rescue yourselves from] murderers, and pillagers, and tax-gougers (Yerushalmi Nedarim 3:4) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
LEVITICUS — 19:14 blind Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 324 LEV374 R. Yehudah said in the name of Rav: All who lend money without witnesses are in transgression of: "And before the blind man do not place a stumbling-block" [the borrower being tempted to deny the transaction] (Bava Metzia 75b). SHOW FULL EXCERPT
LEVITICUS — 19:14 deaf Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 324 LEV384 [Now is it forbidden to curse a deaf man alone? Why, then, is it written: "Do not curse the deaf man"?] Scripture is speaking of the unfortunate ones among your people [i.e., they are never so unfortunate as to be "immune" to cursing] (Sanhedrin 66a). SHOW FULL EXCERPT
LEVITICUS — 19:14 deaf Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 324 LEV386 One who curses his neighbor transgresses the negative commandment: "Do not curse the deaf man"[ all men being subsumed herein] (Shevuoth 36a). SHOW FULL EXCERPT
LEVITICUS — 19:14 fear Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 325 LEV388 [What is the intent of this?] In respect to things which are known to the heart, "And you shall fear your God" is stated (Kiddushin 32b) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
LEVITICUS — 19:15 great Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 326 LEV444 Do not say: He is a wealthy man, the son of great ones, and how can I shame him. To this end it is written: "And you shall not favor the face of the great" (Torath Cohanim) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
LEVITICUS — 19:15 judge Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 326 LEV449 From here it is derived that one is obliged to give his neighbor the benefit of the doubt (Shevuoth 30a) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
LEVITICUS — 19:15 poor Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 326 LEV460 Do not say: He is a poor man, and since I and the rich man are obliged to sustain him, I shall vindicate him in judgment so that he can support himself honorably. To this end it is written: "You shall not lift up the face of the poor" (Torath Cohanim) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
LEVITICUS — 19:16 stand Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 328 LEV511 Whence is it derived that if one sees his neighbor drowning in the sea, being dragged by an animal, or being waylaid by robbers -- whence is it derived that he is obliged to save him? From: "Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor" (Sanhedrin 73a) SHOW FULL EXCERPT
LEVITICUS — 19:16 talebearer Torah Book & Portion, Book of Leviticus, Kedoshim (Leviticus 19:1–20:27), Source Book Keys, TEMIMAH-LEVPage(s): 334 LEV514 [This] verse in Leviticus introduces the prohibition of lashon hara: "You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people." The Hebrew word for "talebearer," rachil, derives from the same root as that for peddler (rochayl). The implication is that, just as a peddler goes from house to house buying from one and selling to another, so too does a gossip. There is a peddling mentality to most gossips. Thus, if we reveal something intimate or negative about someone (Information we might have received in confidence), we expect to be told some equally intimate details about the same person or another. We "peddle" one intimacy for another. Maimonides refers to one who speaks lashon hara as a meragel, or "spy" ("Laws of Character Development" 7:1). People who spread gossip act like spies, pretending to be a person's friend (just as spies pretend to be loyal citizens) in order to procure information that can then be used to damage or destroy the person's reputation. SHOW FULL EXCERPT