The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation (established in 1989) is a non-profit

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organization based in

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, United States. The foundation is dedicated to spreading the teachings of Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan, known as the '' Chofetz Chaim'' ( "Seeker of Life" in

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) and is based on his work of Jewish

ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu ...

of the same name. Kagan’s work deals with the prohibitions of

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and

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, which are known as ''

Lashon Hara ''Lashon hara'' (or ''loshon horo'', or ''loshon hora'') (; "evil tongue") is the halakhic term for speech about a person or persons that is negative or harmful to them, even though it is true. It is speech that damages the person(s) who is tal ...

'' in Jewish law (

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). Its Shmiras Halashon programs are in various

high schools, primarily those attended by girls.

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Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation
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