Zohar on Tehillim 12 – Lashon Hara
Tehillim 12:5
- "Asher amru lilshonenu nagbir, sefateinu itanu, mi adon lanu" – (we will prevail with our tongues—our lips are with us; who is master over us?).
"Rabbi Shimon said:
- "Kadosh Baruch Hu forgives all sins except lashon hara. Who created lashon hara, and what is its root?
- Nachash (the Serpent). When Nachash came to Chavah (the sin of the Tree of Knowledge), he implanted his impurity in her, and all human sins stem from this impurity."
(Zohar on Shelach, Sulam, Tzvi Nisanzon)
