The Unseen Blade: Words That Harm and the Wisdom of Restraint
by Ram ben Ze'ev The Unseen Blade: Words That Harm and the Wisdom of Restraint There is a teaching our sages delivered with sobering clarity: “Just as one may not wrong another in commerce, so too is it forbidden to wrong another with words.” This comparison, drawn from מסכת בבא מציעא (Masekhet Baba Metzia), exposes a profound truth—one we often ignore in our daily interactions. The pain of a financial loss may be measurable and reversible. The pain of a wound inflicted by the tongue,...
