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== Effect of Speech == | == Effect of Speech == | ||
=== Sharpens the Thought === | |||
Besides the fact that speech helps transmit messages to another person, it also helps enhance the intellect and emotions themselves. | Besides the fact that speech helps transmit messages to another person, it also helps enhance the intellect and emotions themselves. | ||
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In emotions - also in a person's emotions, light from the soul is added when one speaks about them. Just as when a person speaks about love, the love is strengthened within him, and similarly with hatred, etc. Because of this, our Sages said that when a person is angry, he should be silent, and thus the anger will pass; because if he does not remain silent, his anger will only increase<ref>Discourse "Yom Tov of Rosh Hashanah" 5659.</ref>. | In emotions - also in a person's emotions, light from the soul is added when one speaks about them. Just as when a person speaks about love, the love is strengthened within him, and similarly with hatred, etc. Because of this, our Sages said that when a person is angry, he should be silent, and thus the anger will pass; because if he does not remain silent, his anger will only increase<ref>Discourse "Yom Tov of Rosh Hashanah" 5659.</ref>. | ||
=== Speaking About Others === | |||
As everything down here causes a similar effect above, so to speech, positive or negative, causes an effect above. Speech, as expaines is the qulaity of expression when one uses speech for others in a positive or negative way it expressed these qualities in them. From this it is understood how careful we must be not to speak negative about others<ref>This is how the Rebbe explains the quote of our sages that [[Lashon Harah]] can kill the person being spoken about (''Erchin'' 15b), for speaking about somones negative sides expresses those traits. </ref> and always be sure to speak positive about others. The actual speaking positive can express and reveal their hidden positive poweres.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZcixelLufanBg2XwXBYBStFhghsoBRRf/view ''Likkutei Sichos'', Vol. 27, pp. 163ff.]</ref> | |||
See {{Expanded article|Article=[[Pure speech]]}} | See {{Expanded article|Article=[[Pure speech]]}} | ||