Gossip to Prevent Resentment
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Question
Hello, Shimon attended a certain event during the Shabbat Chatan, and the organizers did not provide enough food with his level of kashrut. If Shimon meets another close relative (Reuven), who was not invited to the event and asks how it was, is it permissible to complain and say that it wasn't great and there wasn't food with the proper kashrut, etc., so that Reuven doesn't feel envious for not being invited and doesn't feel left out? Reuven does not directly know the organizers of the Shabbat but understands their family connections.
Answer
Hello,
It is forbidden to speak gossip, even to prevent someone else from feeling left out.