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A Story About a Non-Functioning Parent

Question

Hello, A person whose wife asks him questions about his childhood, where he grew up with a parent who did not function properly. If the person shares examples and cases that his wife asks about, which portray the parent in a negative light, is this considered lashon hara (gossip)? How should one behave? For example, the wife asks if the parents did laundry at home, etc.

Answer

Hello 

There is no prohibition in answering her. 

Answered 10 June 2024 How answers are reviewed
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

According to the instructions of the Gaon, Rabbi Amram Fried, shlita

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