- One who listens to lashon hara and does not immediately rebuke the speaker (assuming the speaker will or even might accept the rebuke), he has violated the positive commandment, You shall reprove your fellow.
6. One who gravitates to those speaking lashon hara, either to speak or to listen to their lashon hara, has violated the commandment, To him shall you cleave, which is a commandment to associate with Torah scholars and not with those who speak lashon hara.