Taanis 8a § 2
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....
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. | |