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


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                  אלֹו ,רַשּׂה וֹתוֹא קלִּסו ,רַשִּׂמ )הרָיִכח( "עדֶנערֶאה" קיזחמֶּשׁ
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                  וֹמצע דצִּמ רַשּׂהֶשׁ וֹא ,וילע ןיִשׁלִה דחא םִא ,וֹל עדַוֹנ
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 Hilchot Esurei Rechilut   לארְָשׂיִּמ דחאל דֹשׁחל וֹל רוּסא ,הזבּ אצוֹיּכו ,וֹריִבעה
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 Kelal   Heh              (RK5 - 5   chapter)   ראבְּתיֶּשּׁ המ יִפכוּ ,םירִכּנּה םירִבדּ וילע וֹל שׁיֶּשׁ אלֹ םִא(
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                  וֹבִּלבּ טיִלחהל רָתּמ זא ,םירִכּנּה םירִבדּ ארָקְנּ המ ,ןמּקַל
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 Details of the sin of believing gossip or of listening
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 to  it,  and  if  someone  did  transgress  this  Lav,  the    יקֵוֹזחאדּ )ןמּקַלדִכוּ הז ידֵי לע וֹדיִסְפהל אלֹ לבא ,וילע
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 method by which this sin can be remedied.  There    טֹפְּשִׁתּ קדֶצבּ" :רמאנ הז לעו .ןניקִזחמ אל יֵעיִשּׁרַבּ יֵשׁנא
 are 7 halachot in this Kelal.   לע ףא ,קזּהה וֹל בבִּס אוּהֶשׁ ,עמָשׁ םִא וּלִּפאו .*"ךֶָתיִמֲע
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                  וֹתְּעדַבּ רבדּה טיִלחהל אלֹו ,שֹחל קרַ ,וֹל רָתּמ ןיא ןכ יִפּ
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 Daily Halacha: 3 Tevet, 3 Eyar, 3 Elul;   Leap Year- 10 Tevet, 20 Nissan, 30 Av
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                  םִע הז רוּבֲע הבירְִמ וּשׂע םיִשׁנא םִא וּלִּפאו ,תמא אוּהֶשׁ
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                  ,וילע עמְשׁנֶּשׁ המּבּ הָשׂע הלוֹדגּ הלועֶשׁ ,וֹל וּרְמאו ,דָשׁחנּה
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 RK5/ . Just as the Torah forbids believing Lashon Hara, so too    וֹל ןיא ןכ יִפּ לע ףא ,קַתָשׁו לארְָשׂיּהל קזּהה בבִּס אוּהֶשׁ
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 is  also  included  in  the  category  of  Lashon  Hara.    Meaning,  one    הוצִמ תמאבֶּשׁ םגה יִכּ ,תמא רבדּהֶשׁ ,הז םעטִּמ טיִלחהל
 should not take to heart that the gossip told to him was true, that    יקִנֶּשׁ ךְיא ,וֹדְשׁוֹחה ינְפִל עיִצּהלוּ דָשׁחה ןִמ וֹמצע ליִצּהל
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 “Plony” did such and such to him or said such and such about him.
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 The listener (this “victim”) who does believe it violates the Torah’s    םֶתייהו" :)ב"כ ב"ל רָבּדְִמַּבּ( בוּתָכַּה רַמֲאַמְכוּ ,דָשֲׁחַה ןִמ אוּה
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 violating all of the other Laveen and Aseen that are associated with it,    ,ןינִעה יִפל הארָ ןפּ ,םוֹקמ לכִּמ )ה( ,"לֵארְָשִׂיִּמוּ 'הֵמ םִיּקְִנ
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 as I explained them in the Introduction.  (Please see that reference).      םהיֵתוֹנוֹיְערַבּ טלחנו ךְכּ לכּ אָשׁיִבּ אנָשִּׁל וילע וּלבִּקֶּשׁ
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 the 3  halacha) “Lashon Hara kills three people; the speaker, the    ןכּ לעו ,הבוּשְׁתּ םוּשׁ וּנּמִּמ וּלבּקַי אלֶֹּשׁ דע ,יִתִּמא רבדל
 listener who believes what the speaker said and the victim.” (As    ןיִבלענּהֵמ תוֹיהִלו הזבּ קֹתְּשִׁל רֵתוֹי בוֹטֶּשׁ ,וֹמצע לע לבּקִ
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 we know this from Doeg the Edomite.  Doeg (the speaker) was
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 barred from Olam Haba because the gossip he conveyed to Shaul   .ןיִביִשְׁמ ןניאו )ו( ןָתָפּרְֶח ןיִעְמוֹשׁ ,ןיִבְלוֹע םָניֵאְו
 HaMelech, Nov- the city of Kohanim (the “victim” of Rechilut) -
 was annihilated, and Shaul HaMelech (the listener) was killed later
 on because he believed the gossip that Doeg told him).  The one
 who accepts the gossip is punished even more than the speaker.
 Chazal have taught (Gemara Pesachim 118a) “it is appropriate to
 throw to the dogs anyone who speaks Lashon Hara and anyone who
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