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Sefer Chafetz Chayim
Hilchot Esurei Rechilut םייח ץפח רפס
Kelal Alef - Halachah 4 תוליכר ירוסיא תוכלה
'ט ללכ - םייחה רוקמ
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the law as it applies to Lashon Hara, as he expressed it in the 5 halacha,
“that if one person will hear from another person…to hurt him or to instill לכּ וֹבּ ךְיַּשׁו ,ערָ םֵשׁ איִצוֹמ ללכִבּ אוּה יִכּ ,דֹאְמ דע לוֹדגּ
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fear into him.” The Kesef Mishneh comments on this, that this law is
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derived from the incident involving Yehudah Ben Garim cited above: “so .החיִתְפּבּ ליֵעל ןירִאֹבְמה ןיִשֲׂעהו ןיואלּה
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we see that this man is called a rachil \ a gossip, in all circumstances.”
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This (expression of the Kesef Mishneh) is a proof to everything I have חקֵוֹלּה םֵשׁ וֹל תוֹלּגל אלֶֹּשׁ ,הזכּ ןינִעבּ דֹאְמ רהזִּל ךְירִצו
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written in this halacha.
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ךְיִשְׁמהל הזּה רכוֹמּה הצרְי םִא וּלִּפא ,הרָוֹחסּה חקַלֶּשׁ ינֵשּׁה
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,הזּה ןינִעבּ יִתּגגָשֶּׁשׁ אוּה ינא :רמוֹלו ,וֹמצע לע הלועה
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Daily Halacha: 24 Kislev, 24 Nissan, 24 Av; Leap Year- 1 Tevet, 11 Nissan, 21 Av
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ליגרָ יִכּ .הלִּחְתִּמ יִמִּע ָתּקְספּ הָתּאָשׁ ,הזִּמ עדַי אלֹ אוּה יִכּ
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Mekor Hachayim
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חקֵוֹלּה לע וֹבִּלבּ האנִשׂ סנכּי הז ןפֹאבּ וּלִּפאֶשׁ ,דֹאְמ אוּה
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RK /4. Everything we have said applies even if the remark is
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absolutely true (8) without any trace of a lie. It is quite unnecessary רכוֹמּה וֹל ביִשׁי קרַ .וייּחל דרַי אוּהֶשׁ וילע בֹשׁחיֶּשׁ ,ינֵשּׁה
to say (further) that if Plony and the victim had been friends, by .רחאל הגגְשִׁבּ היִתּרְכְמ ינא :םָתס
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spreading gossip the speaker is called a Rasha \ evil one. In making
his remarks, this speaker becomes an object of great disgust before תוּריִהזּה לדֶֹגּ ןינִעֵמ הז רפסבּ וּנבַתכֶּשּׁ המ לכדּ עדַו
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Hashem, as Mishle teaches (6:17-19) “Six things are hated by
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Hashem and the seventh (i.e., gossip) is disgusting to His Soul…and ."ךֶָתיִמֲע" ללכִבּ ןידֲַע אוּהֶשׁ יִמל וּניה ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל ןוֲֹעֵמ
the one who provokes argumentation between brothers.” Regarding
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this, Chazal have taught (Vayikrah Rabbah, perashat Mehtzorah קרַ וּלִּפא ,'ה תרַוֹתבּ םירְִפוֹכּה ,םיִשׁנאה ןָתוֹאבּ לבא
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16:1) and this seventh character trait is the most disgusting of all. םסרְפל הוצִמ ,ל"זח ירֵבדִּמ םיגיִעלמּהו ,תחא תוֹאבּ
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But even besides this, if these two people hated each other very
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much (9), if a person hears one of them saying something bad about וּדְמלי אלֶֹּשׁ ידֵכּ ,םָתוֹנּגלוּ לֹכּה יניֵעל תבזוֹכּה םָתְּעדּ
the other one and he then goes and repeats it to him, this person is .םיִערָה םהיֵשֲׂעמִּמ
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called a rachil \ a gossip.
Be’er Mayim Chayim
(RK1/4/1)-(8) ..is true: Because society is so prone to make this
mistake, I am going to elaborate somewhat on this topic and draw sources
from the gemara and our Authorities:
(1) The Gemara Moed Kattan (16a) comments: “Where is the source from
which we learn that if someone insultingly rejects a summons by the Beit
Din and the court’s agent reports this back to the court’s justices, that the
agent’s report is not called Lashon Hara?” Please see the text version of
the Rosh and the Ran’s commentary (Nemukei Yosef on the Rif, 8a) on
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