Is it permitted to speak negatively about the Walders, Berlands, Lev Tahors and others of our insaaaaaane world [the list is looooooooonggggg and getting longer]??
There are people out there who are crying "LASHON HARA!!!!!!!!!!!! ASSSSSUUURRRRR!!!!!"
There is only ONE WAY one can say that: If one doesn't know Hilchos Lashon Hara. But if one actually opens up the Chofetz Chaim's classic work that the entire Jewish people [should] follow, then one would see that it is NOT Lashon Hara. I have no less than FIVE proofs. What are they? Maybe for another time...
There is one "frum guy" who calls himself "Rabbi" but is also a serial disgracer of Talmidei Chachomim. But suddenly when it comes to Walder he is saying that it is Lashon Hara and we must not talk about it.
Are you concerned with Lashon Hara? OK - GREEEEEEEEAAAATTTTT!!!! 馃榾馃槉馃憤
First step: Make a seder to learn the Halachos daily - better with a chavrusa!! They are very complex and detailed with much subtlety. [I should really give shiurim in this and if there is enough interest I will 讘诇讬 谞讚专 and publicize it to the FREE WORLD!!! I have a LOT to say BS"D!!!]. This is for the ladies too!!! 馃懇 !!! Lashon Hara is not a time bound mitzva for which women are exempt. And G-d knows that Lashon Hara is not exclusively a male activity. No OFFEEENSE!!!!! 馃槂馃槑
Second step: Stop going to all the INCREDIBLY popular sites that are heavy duty purveyors of Lashon Hara.
Third step: Accustom your mouth to speaking positively.
Fourth Step: Get busy doing good things so that there is no TIME to speak LH.
5: Spend time in the company of like-minded LH conscious people.
6: See "First Step".
