Q&A #28: Entertainment, Rebuke, Accepting Lashon ha'Ra, Hedonism, and Echo-Chambers

Length: 56 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/12/23), in our SECOND Friday Q&A (this time, for women), we took up five questions: (1) What guidelines should govern our decision to partake in forms of entertainment which don't line up with Torah values? (2) To what extent is it our responsibililty to correct people who are mistaken? (3) At what point do you allow lashon ha'ra to color your view of a person? (4) How would one respond to the argument that the purpose of life is pleasure? (5) How do you surround yourself with like minded people who challenge you without creating a bubble for yourself?
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: אבות א:יז
רש"י - דברים יח:ז
מאירי - יבמות דף סה עמוד ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ד:א
משלי ג:יג-טז; ח:יד-יט
ספורנו - דברים ד:לט
ספורנו - בראשית יא:ו
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