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Sefer Chafetz Chayim 12 VOL-4 םייח ץפח רפס
Hilchot Esurei Rechilut תוליכר ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Tet - Halachah 14 וט הכלה - ט ללכ

and Rechilut, notwithstanding the additional detail of the need for two ולצא תונקל הצור אוה ינשה הנוקהש דצמ םימעפו ,ויריכמו
speakers, but all of the other conditions brought in the Kelal are relevant
and must be fulfilled before that gossip can be conveyed to Shimon. ול ןתונש וא ,וז הרוחס ףוריצב תורחא תורוחס הברה דוע
(RK9/13/3)-(38).. are familiar with Shimon’s personality: אוה הז ידי לע רשא תוביס ראשו ,ןושארהמ רתוי חקמה
The application of this law is especially found in circumstances where .ןושארה אוביש םדוק התוא רוכמל ומצעב הצרתמ
Reuven is aware that in different places (on several occasions) Shimon
defaulted on an obligation to pay for merchandise he purchased, and so he
is characterized as “an evil borrower who does not repay his loans,” and םייחה רוקמ
he also owes money to this merchant. And it is known that if someone told
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Shimon that Plony (the merchant) cheated him, he would launch into a rage תוּריִהזּה לדֶֹגּ ןינִעֵמ הז רפסבּ וּנבַתכֶּשּׁ המ לכדּ עדַו
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and retaliate against him doubled and redoubled the value he was cheated
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without giving reasons for his actions. Most assuredly it is forbidden to ."ךֶָתיִמֲע" ללכִבּ ןידֲַע אוּהֶשׁ יִמל וּניה ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל ןוֲֹעֵמ
say anything to these kinds of people (i.e., to Shimon).
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קרַ וּלִּפא ,'ה תרַוֹתבּ םירְִפוֹכּה ,םיִשׁנאה ןָתוֹאבּ לבא
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םסרְפל הוצִמ ,ל"זח ירֵבדִּמ םיגיִעלמּהו ,תחא תוֹאבּ
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Daily Halacha: 24 Tevet, 24 Eyar, 24 Elul; Leap Year- 4 Shevat, 13 Eyar, 23 Elul
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וּדְמלי אלֶֹּשׁ ידֵכּ ,םָתוֹנּגלוּ לֹכּה יניֵעל תבזוֹכּה םָתְּעדּ
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Mekor Hachayim
.םיִערָה םהיֵשֲׂעמִּמ
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RK9/ 4. If something inappropriate was done (39) to Reuven
but he did not know who was the cause of it and Reuven went and
asked Shimon - “Who did this to me?” Even though Shimon senses
that Reuven thinks he was the cause, still it is forbidden for him to
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disclose the identity of the person who was the cause even though תוֹכלִהֵמ םיללכַּה וּמַּתּ
he was a first-hand witness to the event. Shimon should limit his .תוּליכרְוּ ערָָה ןוֹשׁל ירֵוּסִּא
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response to - “I did not do this thing to you” (please see the following
Hagahah) (unless it was the kind of inappropriate action for which
Shimon would be obliged to volunteer information even if he was
not suspect at all and Reuven did not question him, for example,
where all the conditions are in effect that are listed \ explained above
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at the beginning of this Kelal in the 7 halacha) as I explained in
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the first part of this sefer in the 10 Kelal in the 17 notation, in
the context of Lashon Hara. Please review that reference carefully
since all of the opinions brought there in the Mekor Chayim and
in the Be’er Mayim Chayim both from the perspective of law and
from the perspective of satisfying one’s obligation to Heaven (to
G-d) also apply here.
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