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Sefer Chafetz Chayim
Hilchot Esurei Rechilut
Kelal Alef 219 K8/12. daily Halacha: 9 Kislev, 9 nissan, 9 av; leap year- 13 Kislev, 22 adar ii, 3 av

225 K8/13. daily Halacha: 10 Kislev, 10 nissan, 10 av; leap year- 14 Kislev, 23 adar ii, 4 av
neither completely untruthful nor gossip, then one should respond in
that framework and not lie. However if he (the speaker) understands 231 K9/1. daily Halacha: 11 Kislev, 11 nissan, 11 av; leap year- 15 Kislev, 24 adar ii, 5 av
that the person who asked the question will not be satisfied with 247 K9/3. daily Halacha: 12 Kislev, 12 nissan, 12 av; leap year- 16 Kislev, 25 adar ii, 6 a
this type of answer, then it is permitted to respond with an answer 257 K9/5. daily Halacha: 13 Kislev, 13 nissan, 13 av; leap year- 17 Kislev, 26 adar ii, 7 av
that is an absolute lie in order to maintain peace. But one may not
swear (15), G-d forbid, to a response which is a lie, even for the 261 K10/1. daily Halacha: 14 Kislev, 14 nissan, 14 av; leap year- 18 Kislev, 27 adar ii, 8 av
sake of maintaining peace. (Please see the following Be’er Mayim 297 K10/3. daily Halacha: 15 Kislev, 15 nissan, 15 av; leap year- 19 Kislev, 28 adar ii, 9 av
Chayim). 299 K10/4. daily Halacha: leap year- 20 Kislev, 29 adar ii, 10 av

313 K10/5. daily Halacha: 16 Kislev, 16 nissan, 16 av; leap year- 21 Kislev, 1 nissan, 11 av
Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 127
327 K10/7. daily Halacha: 17 Kislev, 17 nissan, 17 av; leap year- 22 Kislev, 2 nissan, 12 av
RK /9. Understand clearly that even if the speaker does not
reveal the identity of the person (“Plony”) who was talking about 337 K10/9. daily Halacha: 18 Kislev, 18 nissan, 18 av; leap year- 23 Kislev, 3 nissan, 13 av
this listener (16) and the speaker disclosed what had been said 347 K10/11. daily Halacha: 19 Kislev, 19 nissan, 19 av; leap year- 24 Kislev, 4 nissan, 14 av
about this listener just as a matter of fact (17) (without mentioning 367 K10/13. daily Halacha: 20 Kislev, 20 nissan, 20 av; leap year- 25 Kislev, 5 nissan, 15 av
Plony’s name) and because of this disclosure the identity of “Plony”
became known. Or if the essence of what “Plony” said or did was 375 K10/14. daily Halacha: leap year- 26 Kislev, 6 nissan, 16 av
already known to the listener (the “victim”) but he did not know the 383 K10/15. daily Halacha: 21 Kislev, 21 nissan, 21 av; leap year- 27 Kislev, 7 nissan, 17 av
identity of “Plony” and now this speaker came and led him along 387 K10/17. daily Halacha: 22 Kislev, 22 nissan, 22 av; leap year- 28 Kislev, 8 nissan, 18 av
with a series of hints and suggestions (18) until the listener realized
“Plony’s” identity; this too is forbidden. Volume 4
Mekor Hachayim RK / 0. Similarly, it is forbidden to gossip using a trick (19) 99 rK1/1. daily Halacha: 23 Kislev, 23 nissan, 23 av; leap year- 30 Kislev, 10 nissan, 20 av
Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 129

(to camouflage the speaker’s real intent), that the speaker knows
leap year- 29 Kislev, 9 nissan, 19 av
that once “Plony” did something inappropriate to this listener or
rK1/3. daily Halacha:
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demeaned him and there was conflict between them and now this
leap year- 1 tevet, 11 nissan, 21 av
109 rK1/4. daily Halacha: 24 Kislev, 24 nissan, 24 av;
speaker wants to re-ignite this old conflict between “Plony” and the
listener, but the speaker does not want the “listener” to be aware of
what he is actually doing. And so this speaker begins smooth-talking
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rK1/8. daily Halacha: 26 Kislev, 26 nissan, 26 av;
leap year- 3 tevet, 13 nissan, 23 av
the listener and seemingly, casually mentions the bad episode that 115 rK1/6. daily Halacha: 25 Kislev, 25 nissan, 25 av; leap year- 2 tevet, 12 nissan, 22 av
the listener experienced as though the remark was totally innocent 127 rK1/10. daily Halacha: 27 Kislev, 27 nissan, 27 av; leap year- 4 tevet, 14 nissan, 24 av
and that he was not even aware of it. And because the speaker made 133 rK2/1. daily Halacha: 28 Kislev, 28 nissan, 28 av; leap year- 5 tevet, 15 nissan, 25 av
those remarks, the listener recalls the episode and the “bad” that 139 rK2/3. daily Halacha: 29 Kislev, 29 nissan, 29 av; leap year- 6 tevet, 16 nissan, 26 av
“Plony” had done to him. These remarks and everything else like If the month of Kislev has only 29 days, then the learning for the 30 day is incorportated into the 29 day
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them are absolutely forbidden.
145 rK3/1. daily Halacha: 30 Kislev, 30 nissan, 30 av; leap year- 7 tevet, 17 nissan, 27 av
157 rK3/2. daily Halacha: 1 tevet, 1 eyar, 1 elul; leap year- 8 tevet, 18 nissan, 28 av
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