Is there a decree (cherem) against slandering the dead?

Yom KippurRepentanceInterpersonal Sins

Synopsis

The Mechaber records an early rabbinic decree coupled with a cherem against speaking ill of the dead.

Early Acharonim
Late Acharonim
Lenient
Strict
Lesser cited
Major authority

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