Question: Often in work teams there are cases where you have to either listen to or take part in criticizing an employee for his actions. Where is the borderline between slander and simply seeing a person doing something wrong?

Answer: This is not called slander. There is no need to criticize anything. You just need to draw a conclusion and make a decision accordingly. If someone talks about someone in a certain way, then you may need to physically react to it.

Question: This is a work situation in which we identify some actions of the employee?

Answer: Yes, and we need more clarifications of this kind.

Question: It is written that slander kills three people: the one who speaks, the one who believes the speaker, and the one who is talked about. This is written in the Talmud. What advice can be given here?

Answer: From time to time, we should create such platforms within the team where you can discuss someone’s protest against someone so that people learn from this.

Question: So if we are talking about a person in his presence and telling him to his face what we think is the truth, this is not called slander?

Answer: No, but all this needs to be thought through and not revealed point blank, in front of everyone, so that all participants understand that this is being done for their benefit.
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From KabTV’s “Spiritual States” 3/7/24

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