Negative Speech (Lashon Hora)

She hurt me. Or, shall I say, I was hurt by her? Words really matter, as I've recently re-learnt, so I better choose them wisely. That said, I was hurt by the (rather insensitive) way in which she chose to speak to me. It was the evening of Rosh Hashanah....

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I don’t even remember their names any more, but I will never forget what they wrote.

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Though we’re viscerally aware of the negative effects of gossip, how many of us can say that we’ve never indulged in it ourselves?

I don't know if the unethical practices hurt anyone, but I really want to tell the management.

So what does the Torah say about a situation like this? Would a Jew, who is bound by Torah law, be permitted to tell all this?

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