Re: [ha-Safran]: A Story about Lashon hara

2010-03-24 Thread Sharon Elswit
This story sounds wonderful, and I would love to know its source once you track it down. I am only familiar with a humorous version where Joha leaves a nail in the wall to claim sentimental property rights in a house so the trickster can continue to visit once the house has been sold: Joha's

[ha-Safran]: A Story about Lashon hara

2010-03-22 Thread Heather Lenson
Does anyone know of a resource in which I can locate the Lashon hara story: where a man hammers a nail in the wall to show that it will always leave a mark like words cannot be taken away. - Heather Lenson Librarian at Ratner Media and Technology Center Jewish Education Cent