Sometimes people will speak lashon harah about someone saying that it is allowed because he is a rasha. then you may hear others saying that today we never really know who is a rasha and we can't. Arguably, uttering a rasha's name when you summon a dog is tantamount to a curse, because you are essentially calling that person a dog However, is this a deprecation of the dog? The zohar (and megillah 28a thanks doubleaa) says that it is assur to gaze at the face of a rasha Would this also apply to looking at an image or painting of a rasha? Did the sages consider it a sin to work for someone you knew was a thief or mistreated their customers, possibly cheated them?
If he had been there, he would not have been redeemed. A rasha gomer would really lay into this guy rl and give him or her all sorts of tochacha and mussar An incomplete rasha would stop and contemplate, but maybe the person on the phone is a doctor An incomplete tzaddik would would hear the phone but not interrupt his davening. A learned friend of mine is of the opinion that it is forbidden to learn from a rabbi (or anyone else) who is known to have sinned He used the example of a particular rabbi caught in a scandal so
Ask question asked 8 years, 7 months ago modified 7 years, 7 months ago Did they try and it disappeared Did a rasha know he was a rasha He had just recently been redeemed but i thought that resha'im would not have been taken out How were there suddenly resha'im Was there some public judging process or was this how each person found out his status?
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