==Rabbi Yeshayahu HaKohen Hollander (Jerusalem Court for Bnei Noah)==
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'''Voluntary.''' In English there are so many terms for talking badly about another person (Gossip, slander, libel, defamation, vilification). Slander is writing or publishing in print. Libel, but the language does not differentiate between defamation by true statements and by false statements. In Jewish law we differentialte between gossip = telling people about what other people said about them [or theirs] and is called ''rechilus'', true tale-bearing [telling bad but true things about people] is called ''loshon hara'', and false tale-bearing: [telling untrue bad things about people] is called ''motzei shem ra''.
