And now we shall explain, with the help of the L–rd, what we projected in the beginning, to detail how many arurin he who does not guard himself against this evil trait beings upon himself. (1) Aside from all the aforementioned negative and positive commandments, he transgresses (Devarim 27:24): "Cursed be he who smites his neighbor in secret," which refers to lashon hara, as we find in Sifrei and in Rashi's commentary on Chumash.
וְעַתָּה נְבָאֵר בְּעֶזְרַת ה', מה שֶּׁיָּעַדְנוּ לְעֵיל בִּתְחִלַּת הפְּתִיחָה לְפָרֵט, כֳּמָה אֲרוּרִין מְקַבֵּל עַל עצְמוֹ, מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מְמִדָּה רָעָה הזּוֹ. לְבַד כָּל הַלָּאוִין וְהָעְשִׂין הַנָ"ל, עוֹבֵר (א) עַל (דברים כ"ז כ"ד): "אָרוּר מַכֶּה רֵעֵהוּ בּסָתֶר", שֶׁהוּא קָאֵי עַל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, כְּמוֹ דְּאִיתָא בְּסִפְרִי וּבְפֵרוּשׁ רַשִּׁ"י בַּחֻמָשׁ.
And now we shall explain, with the help of the L–rd, what we projected in the beginning, to detail how many arurin he who does not guard himself against this evil trait beings upon himself. (1) Aside from all the aforementioned negative and positive commandments, he transgresses (Devarim 27:24): "Cursed be he who smites his neighbor in secret," which refers to lashon hara, as we find in Sifrei and in Rashi's commentary on Chumash.