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judgment and considers his words defamation. He could have focused on
the positive side of his fellow. Because he thought negatively, it is
considered as if he defamed him.

Hashem created the world with the Attribute of Truth. If a person sees
flaws in Hashem’s creations, it indicates that the flaw is within him and
not in that Creation, which has been formed with precision and reflects
absolute truth.

Before a person descends to this world, he is made to swear that he will
adhere to the oath of the Torah, which is absolute truth. When a person
speaks lashon hara, he violates his oath. The exile of the Jews in Egypt
was caused by the lashon hara of Yosef’s brothers about him. Their
rectification was to be slaves in Egypt and thereafter slaughter a sheep and
smear its blood on the doorpost ( ). This was in order to remind them
to move ( ) to the rhythm of the Torah, in which it states, “You shall
not go about gossiping among your people.”

Yeshayahu Hanavi told Hashem, “And I dwell among a people with
impure lips.” For this he was punished that his grandson, Menashe, killed
him through his words. Hashem was exacting with Yeshayahu despite the
truth of his words and his having good intentions. This is because he
should have attempted to notice the favorable aspects of the people. This
was especially important because at that time the Attribute of Justice was
drawn over Am Yisrael, and Yeshayahu’s words served to confirm the
accusations of the Heavenly Court against them, thereby sealing their fate.
Since the reparation for baseless hatred is unconditional love, the Yetzer
Hara tries with all his might to obstruct this love by persuading people to
gossip, especially about Torah scholars. This is the reason why in the End
of Days, the resha’im of the generation will increase their accusations
against the scholars.

The Gemara concludes with the message that the barren trees will give
fruit, since the resha’im mock the Torah scholars that they are purposeless,
like the barren tree. Hashem will prove to them that their accusations are
unfounded and the scholars are actually laden with fruit, which signify