Erchin 15b § 3
All the Animals Will Assemble
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If a snake bites because it was not charmed, then the speaker has no advantage? |
In the future, all the animals will assemble near the snake....
| Animals | A lion claws its prey and eats it while still alive.
A wolf tears its prey, killing it, and then eats it. |
| These animals have different methods of attack
but they all derive benefit from their aggression. | |
| Animals | But you, O snake, what benefit do you derive from biting people and killing them. |
| Snake | And what advantage is there for the speaker of lashon hara? |
| He who harms others through his lashon hara derives no benefit from that either. | |