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Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפס
Hilchot Esurei Rechilut תוליכר ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Dalet 'ו ללכ - םייחה רוקמ

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.'ה ףיִעס 'ז ללכִבּ ןמּקַלוּ ד"י ףיִעס 'ח ללכִבּ 'א קלחבּ
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Hilchot Esurei Rechilut
יִפל חיִסֵמִּמ וּלִּפא אוּה )זי( תוּליִכרְ תלבּקַ רוּסִּא ןידּ .ח
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Kelal Dalet (RK4 - 4 chapter)
ררֵוֹעל הזבּ ןוִּכּ אלֹ רפּסְמהֶשׁ האוֹר אוּהֶשׁ וּניהדּ ,וֹמּתּ
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The law applying to gossip in the framework of the
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“victim” already knowing about the gossip even לכו .ויִפִּמ הז רבדּ אצי הרֶקְִמבֶּשׁ קרַ ,וֹרבח לע םינדְמ
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without the speaker having repeated it to him, and 'ט ףיִעסבּ 'ז ללכִבּ 'א קלחבּ ליֵעל ראֹבְמ ויטרְָפּ רֶתי
how to correct the sin of Rechilut. There are 3 .תוּליִכרְ ןינִעל ןידּה אוּהו ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל ןינִעל
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halachot in this Kelal.
Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 169
תמאֶשׁ םדי לע הארְנֶּשׁ ,םירִכּנּה םירִבדּ וילע הארָ םִאו .ט
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RK4/ . Gossip is forbidden even if the speaker is repeating וילע רבּדּ וֹא ,וֹל הָשׂע אוּהֶשׁ ,וילע וֹל וּרְפִּסֶּשּׁ המ ,אוּה
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something that is not new, that the victim already knew that Plony
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said or did something that affected him but he (the victim) did ןיּע ,אלֹ וֹא וילע הז תמחֵמ ןיִמאהל רָתּמ םִא ,ךְכו ךְכּ
not think much of it at the time, that Plony wronged him, and this יִכּ ,ד"י ףיִעס דע 'י ףיִעסִּמ 'ז ללכִבּ 'א קלחבּ ליֵעל
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Mekor Hachayim and asks – “What was the outcome of your court case?” Reuven הזל ךְירִצדּ ,םָשִּׁמ אצוֹיּה רוּצּקִבּ בֹתּכא ארֵוֹקּה לע לקֵהל
speaker \ this gossip (1) reminds him again about what had happened.
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(For example, Reuven lost a court case and Shimon meets him
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ידֵכּ ךְא .הזבּ םיִכיַּשֶּׁשׁ םיִטרְָפּה לכּ 'ה תרַזעבּ וּנרְאבּ םָשׁ
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answers: “The court found me liable for such-and-such.” Shimon
then tells him: “You know, the court did not judge you fairly!”).
:םיִטרְָפּ הָשִּׁמחה וּלּא
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(This example and other comparable examples). Nevertheless it
is called gossip (2) since in prodding the conversation the speaker
אוּהֶשׁ וילע םירִוֹמ םירִכּנּה םירִבדּהֶשׁ ,ןינִעהֶשׁ )חי( )א
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is again reminding the victim to think about an entirely unpleasant
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experience and provokes this victim to hate his court opponent who
won the case.
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וּלִּפא ?תמא אוּהֶשׁ םירִכּנ םירִבדּ הזבּ ךְיַּשּׁ המ ,)ןכ אלֹ םִאדּ(
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,ערַל הז םוּשִּׁמ ןוֹדּנּה לע בלּבּ טיִלחהל ןיא ,תמא אוּה םִא
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Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 173 יִכה ואל יִאדּ ,תוּכזּה דצל וֹטְפָשׁל המּבּ וֹבּ היהי אלֹ ,תמא
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RK4/2. If Reuven degraded Shimon in the presence of two people .תוֹמוֹקְמ המּכבּ ליֵעלדִכוּ
and one of those two people then violated the esur of Rechilut
and conveyed Reuven’s comments to Shimon, still the second

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