Halakhah for Shabbat 291:5
מיתיבי ר' שמעון בן גמליאל אומר מביא אדם את החבית של יין ומתיז ראשה בסייף ומניחה לפני האורחים בשבת ואינו חושש ההיא רבנן מתני' רבי נחמיה היא
WHILE IF IT IS PERFORATED<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And one wishes to close the holes. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> ONE MUST NOT PLACE WAX UPON IT, BECAUSE HE CRUSHES IT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he spreads it, which is forbidden. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
Chofetz Chaim
Some additional great evils brought about by this despicable trait: It is well known that the sin of the [primal] serpent was brought about by the lashon hara that it spoke against the Holy One Blessed be He, saying [to Eve]: "He [G–d] ate from this tree [the Tree of Knowledge] and created the world," by which Eve was enticed to do likewise (viz. Shabbath 146a): "The serpent was 'intimate' with Eve and injected zuhamah ['pollution'] into her" — hence, [(the sin of) illicit relations], and also death to all mankind — hence, the spilling of blood. And through this [i.e., lashon hara] it induced Adam and Eve to transgress the will of the Holy One Blessed be He. It follows that one who speaks lashon hara adopts its [the serpent's] trait, which undermines the creation.
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