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Sefer Chafetz Chayim                                                                                                                                                                                                              1 VOL-4
                                Hilchot Esurei Rechilut
                                       Kelal Alef                                                Mekor Hachayim - Page 29         with Be’er Mayim Chayim - 185
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                                                                                                       Kelal  Heh                   (rK5 - 5   chapter)
             that  information  to  them,  and  he  refuses  to  disclose  it,  and  by          Details  of  the  sin  of  believing  gossip  or  of  listening  to  it,  and  if  someone  did
             not disclosing it he will become suspected by them as also being                    transgress this Lav, the method by which this sin can be remedied.  There are 7
             involved in that incident and as a result of that suspicion he will be                                    halachot in this Kelal.
             removed from his position, and if that happens he will not be able
             to support (13) his family.  Nevertheless, the disclosure is forbidden              Mekor Hachayim - Page 39         with Be’er Mayim Chayim - 207
             just as it is forbidden to violate any Lav of the Torah.  He is obligated
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             to give up everything he owns and not violate a Lav of the Torah, as                      Kelal  Vav                 (rK6 - 6   chapter)
             this law is explained in Yoreh Deh’ah, section #1  , paragraph #1,                  The esur of accepting gossip as truth in the context of it being conveyed “In the
             in the Hagahah, as long as there is no likelihood of some beneficial                presence of three people” or conveyed directly to the “victim.”  This Kelal will
             outcome such as the aversion of damages or the reconciliation of a                  explain the law if someone suffered a loss and word spread throughout society
             dispute.  However one may not be quick to take advantage of this                    that Plony caused the loss to this victim, or if someone conveyed that gossip (that
             leniency because many conditions must first be satisfied, as I will                 Plony was the cause of the loss) in casual passing, unintentionally, or if someone
                                                                                                 conveyed that gossip and he (that speaker) had the authority of two authoritative
             explain them at length, with G-d’s help, further on in the 9  Kelal.                witnesses.  Some other details of the laws of gossip will also be discussed in this
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                                                                                                                  Kelal which consists of 10 halachot.


             RK /7.  Especially if withholding the disclosure (i.e., not gossiping)              Mekor Hachayim - Page 55         with Be’er Mayim Chayim - 249
             will not result in monetary damages but only in insults and curses                        Kelal  zayin               (rK7 - 7   chapter)
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             (that others will insult him because he did not gossip) then most                   An explanation of the different circumstances when Rechilut is forbidden.  There
             certainly it would be forbidden for him to gossip.  He should not                                       are 5 halachot in this Kelal.
             let the insults bother him at all and he should know down to the                    Mekor Hachayim - Page 63         with Be’er Mayim Chayim - 261
      Mekor Hachayim  His face will glow with the radiance of the sun, as Chazal teach in        Mekor Hachayim - Page 67         (rK8 - 8   chapter)
             core of his soul that in not gossiping, in the coming future he will
             be counted among those who are beloved by Hashem Yitbarach.
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                                                                                                       Kelal  Het
             Gemara Yomah (  a)- “Those who are insulted but do not insult
                                                                                                  The law pertaining to intimations of gossip.  There are 5 halachot in this Kelal.
             back, who absorb insults without responding,” the pasuk refers to
             them specifically as (Shoftim 5:31) “and His beloved ones will shine
             like the sun in all of its strength,” and all the more so regarding this
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             person who absorbs humiliation for the sake of fulfilling one of
                                                                                                       Kelal  tet
                                                                                                                                   (rK9 - 9th  chapter)
             Hashem’s mitzvot.  Please see what I have written at length above
             in the Laws of Esurei Lashon Hara, the 1  Kelal, 6  halacha.
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                                                                                                 An explanation of when gossip is permitted as the conditions of this Kelal are
                                                                                                               fulfilled.  There are 15 halachot in this Kelal.
             Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 121
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             RK /8. On the topic of what to answer if someone were to ask-                       illustrative examples
             “What did so-and-so say about me?”  The response is conditional:
             If he has a practical way of answering (14) him and the response is                 Page 405

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