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Sefer Chafetz Chayim                  םייח ץפח רפס
 Hilchot Esurei Rechilut            תוליכר ירוסיא תוכלה
 Kelal Tet  -  Halachah 5               א הכלה -  ט ללכ


 on Reuven) and Shimon will rationalize the law in his own favor    יכ ליעות אלד םושמ אמעט ונייה םש .ש"יע אוה
 and take matters into his own hands (17), for example, to renege on
 his deal with Plony or cause some other harm \ loss to Plony based    אכה לבא ,וריבח דיבש ונוממ תא וליציש ירתב םא
 on Reuven’s report, even though he would not do anything worse    וריבח ינזאב וירבד ולבקתי יאדובו ,אוה הלחתכלד
 than a Beit Din would have done based on what the law demanded    ,דחב  וליפא  בייוחמ  יאדוב  ,דספהמ  הזב  וליציו
 if two witnesses had given their testimony in court.  Still, conveying
 that report is forbidden since his (Reuven’s) report will be the cause   .)תושפנ תלצהד אימוד
 of his (Plony’s) loss and that loss would not have occurred even
 if he would have given single-witness testimony in court, no loss    ראובמ  אצמתו  םש  תוצמה  רפסב  בטיה  ןייעו
 would have occurred because the court could not have compelled a    'וכו לשרתהלמ ונריהזה :םש ונושל הזד ,ונירבדכ
 monetary penalty based on the testimony of a solitary witness.  Yet
 now he (Reuven) is causing real damages to Plony because of the    תלוכי ול היהיו ,דספהה וא ,תומ תנכסב והארנשכ
 report he made.  Therefore, if two people (18) themselves saw the    יאדוב ותנוכ ,דספהה וא תביתבו ,'וכו ומכ וליצהל
 incident (19) seemingly it would be permitted to convey that report
 in a case where their only motivation (20) is to prevent a loss from    ,ארפסה םשב ףוסבל איבהש ומכו ,ןוממ דספהל
 occurring (to Shimon).  Nor should any more happen to Plony than    היהש ןיב ,אנווג דחב ללכד עמשמ ונושל תוטשפמו
 the law requires (and if they realized that in giving their testimony    אלש וליצהל וא ,דספהה ןמ וליצהל לכונו דספה ול
 the result would be something more severe happening to Plony than
 the Beit Din would have imposed, then they have no more basis   .וננינעכ דספה ידיל אובי
 for giving their testimony than the testimony of a solitary witness
 and most certainly it is forbidden for the two of them to make their    ןינעב )ב"ע ט"ל( ב"ב ם"בשרמ הרורב היאר דועו
 report \ gossip).  Furthermore, these two witnesses must not fail to    היב  תילד  שריפש  ש"יע  'וכו  ד"מו  ה"ד  האחמ
 nd
 comply with any of the other details (21) listed above in the 2
 halacha.              וילע  רמאש  המ  רמול  איה  הוצמו  ר"השל  םושמ
                       ףא ,אתונלזגב יאעראל ליכאקו ןלזג אוהד וריבח

                       קיזחמה רהזיש ידכ ,הרומג תוליכר איה הרואכלד
 Be’er Mayim Chayim
                       ש"יע הז רמול ם"בשרה ריתה ומצעל ףאו ,ורטשב
 RK9/5/1)-(15) .. Plony: Within this statement I have included all of
 the illustrative examples that will follow with G-d’s help at the end of    רקיע ןיאד אכיהד אמלא ,'וכו ןניעב אתודהס ה"דב
 this sefer regarding this law.  For example, regarding an employer hiring    אבהל לע הז לש ותבוטל קר ,הז לש ותונגל הנוכה
 a worker, who then gave this worker a symbolic indication that the deal
 would be finalized, or he grasped onto a tool used by this expert craftsman    ,ליכר ארקנ אל ות ,ורטשב קיזחמה רהזיש ידכ
 symbolically demonstrating their deal was finalized (and the worker was   .וננינעב ימנ ןידה אוהו ,אכיא ימנ הוצמו
 hired), as is brought down in Choshen Mishpat section #333, paragraph #1
 in the Hagahah.  This is the law in all of these examples, each example using
 the symbolism that is specific to that particular circumstance, although it    ןניעב אתודהס ה"דב תופסותה תטיש ימנ אוה ןכו
 is not practical to list them all here since these various symbolisms change    ,ר"השל  םושמ  וב  ןיא  האחמבד  ם"בשר  שוריפכ
 depending on circumstances.


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