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Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפס
Hilchot Esurei Rechilut תוליכר ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Dalet - Halachah 1 ג הכלה - ג ללכ

ןיא םיבורק ראשבו ,ונגרהי אל ודגנכ דמעי ונב

דמוע םדא ןיאד ,ודגנכ הקזח שי םתהד .ןכ רבדה
Hilchot Esurei Rechilut ךיא ןכ אל םאד ,ארמגב ש"יע ונוממ לע ומצע

הרותה תמאב ךא ,שפנ חצרל קפסב הרותה הריתה
Kelal Dalet (RK4 - 4 chapter)
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תא גרהל ותעדב םכסה יאדובד ,יאדול ותבשח
The law applying to gossip in the framework of the יאדוב ויבאל ןב ירהש עדתו .ודגנכ דומעישכ ורבח
“victim” already knowing about the gossip even ירפסמ ליעל ונחכוהדכו ןמאנ בהוא אוה עבטב
without the speaker having repeated it to him, and הריתה תרתחמ ןינעל יכה וליפאו ,האר תשרפ
how to correct the sin of Rechilut. There are 3
halachot in this Kelal. .הקזח םושמ ךחרכ לעו ,ומד תא הרותה

תיסמב טרפל הרותה הכרצוה המל תושקהל ןיאו
Daily Halacha: 2 Tevet, 2 Eyar, 2 Elul; Leap Year- 9 Tevet, 19 Nissan, 29 Av ךנבב וליפא ירהש ,ויבא תוברל ךשפנכ רשא ךער
Mekor Hachayim הרותה הריהזה ל"נכו רתוי ובהוא עבטב אוהש

RK4/ . Gossip is forbidden even if the speaker is repeating ו"ק 'וכו ךנב וא ש"מכו וילע תוסכלו לומחל אלש
something that is not new, that the victim already knew that Plony םייסל התצר הרותהש םושמ ץירת ,ויבא לע ןבל
said or did something that affected him but he (the victim) did תסומה דיב הלחת הוצמש ,הנושארב וב היהת ךדי
not think much of it at the time, that Plony wronged him, and this
speaker \ this gossip (1) reminds him again about what had happened. ןיעדוי ונייה אל הרותה ונל התליגד אל יאו ,וגרהל
(For example, Reuven lost a court case and Shimon meets him חילש השענ ןבה ןיא לכל ש"מכו ארבסה דצמ הז
and asks – “What was the outcome of your court case?” Reuven
answers: “The court found me liable for such-and-such.” Shimon .ל"נכו תיסממ ץוח 'וכו
then tells him: “You know, the court did not judge you fairly!”).
(This example and other comparable examples). Nevertheless it 0 Please see that reference in the gemara.
is called gossip (2) since in prodding the conversation the speaker 11 Devarim 13:7, -8, -9, -10: “If your brother, the son of your mother* or
is again reminding the victim to think about an entirely unpleasant your son or your daughter or the wife of your bosom or your fellow Jew
experience and provokes this victim to hate his court opponent who who is like your soul secretly entices you saying – Let us go worship other
gods that you did not know nor did your fathers know...from the gods of the
won the case. people that are around you…you shall not take pity on him nor have any
compassion for him...you will absolutely kill him, your hand will be the
first against him to kill him.”
Be’er Mayim Chayim * (Translator’s note: I heard a derasha on the Torah’s use of the expression
“the son of your mother.” The wording of the Torah is precise and is
(RK4/1/1)-(1)..this gossip: Gemara Babba Kamma (99b) “Rav did alluding the The Meh’seet, Yeshu, who claimed no father impregnated his
two things to you! Which two?” (Please see that reference). This law is mother and that he was the son of his mother only).

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