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Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפס
Ilustrative Examples םירויצ
Example 5 אי רויצ

much not to associate with them at all. Regarding this, Shelomo וֹמצעבּ אוּהֶשׁ ,עמְשׁמ היהיֶּשׁ ןוֹשׁלבּ רמאֹי אלֶֹּשׁ ,רהזּיֶּשׁ
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HaMelech teaches us in Mishle (1:11-16) “If they tell you- ‘Follow
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us’…turn your feet away from their direction because their feet carry ןיאדּ ףא ךְכו ךְכּ יִתְּעמָשׁ :םָתס רמאֹי קרַ ,הז רבדּ עדֵוֹי
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them only to run to do evil.” Chazal teach in Mishnayot Eduyot (5 ךְירִצ םינפּ לכּ לע ,הטלחהבּ הז רבדּ הָתּע תֵעל ןיִמאהל
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perek, 6 mishnah) “better for someone to be called a fool all of his
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life and not allow himself to be a Rasha for even one moment in .הז רחא שרֹדְִלו רקֹחלו שֹחל
G-d’s presence,” and it (the mishnah) uses the expression “called”
based on the circumstances that are relevant there. But truthfully
it is correct and appropriate to even do something (apparently)
preposterous, literally, and not earn for himself a reputation for םייח םימ ראב
being a Rasha for even one moment in the eyes of Hashem. We have
found this idea expressed in Tehilim (34:1) [Shemuel I 21:14] David לטבתי יאדובש רעשמ אוהד ףאו .תולגל הוצמ )זי(
HaMelech put on an act, appearing to be an imbecile when captured הזל שוחל ול ןיא ןכ יפ לע ףא ,הז רובע ךודישה
by AviMelech in order (to deceive him and) not be captured by him. דחא דמלמב עדוי אוה םא ןינעל ןידה אוהו .ללכ
By a logical deduction how much even more so in the presence
of The King Of All Kings, HaKadosh Baruch Hu (must one feign ,םיתבה ילעבל תולגל הוצמ ,תוסרוקיפא וב שיש
“ignorance” in order not to fall into the category of an evil person עדוי וניא םאו .ללכ דמלמה דספהל שוחל ול ןיאו
in the eyes of Hashem). Chazal have also taught in Gemara Chulin
(5b) commenting on the pasuk (Tehilim 36:7) “both mankind and ןושלבו ,תולגל ןכ םג ךירצ ,וילע עמש קר ומצעב
animals are saved by Hashem,” these are the people who are very .ןתח יבג ומכ ,יתעמש
smart \ clever who make themselves appear to others as (dumb)
animals. Please reference (Chazal’s teachings in) Gemara Berachot .'ט ק"ס ח"מבב ליעל ןייע .ל"נה םיטרפהמ )חי(
(19b) “Someone who walks out into the marketplace while wearing
a mixture of wool and linen in his garments must take off those
garments immediately (because while wearing those garments he םייחה רוקמ
violates a Lav of the Torah – Kilayim). What is the reason? (Mishle
21:30) “There can be no wisdom or understanding or advice that ריִכָשׂו ןמּא ןינִעל םירִוּיִּצ הזיא דוֹע ריּצל היה יִתְּעדְַבוּ
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is contrary to Hashem”]. And to go and humiliate (one side in a
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relationship) by defaming the actions of their fathers (6) is also הבּרְה יִכּ ,סוּפדּה תאצוֹה ינְפִּמ ךְא ,אנוגּ יאהכוּ ,תרֵָשְׁמוּ
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inclusive of Lahson Hara, as I explained above in the first part of
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this sefer in the 4 Kalal, in the 1 halacha. :רבדּ לֶשׁ וֹללכּ ךְא .הזִּמ יִתְּענְמנ ,ןמזה תדּרְִט ינְפִּמוּ איִה
לע טרְָפִבוּ ,ויכרָדּ לע וֹבִּלו ויניֵע םוּשׂל ךְירִצ םדאה
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,וֹרבחל םדא ןיבדּ ,םינינִעבּ ברֵעְתִהל אלֶֹּשׁ ,ויִפּ אצוֹמ
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Be’er Mayim Chayim
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ןוּכלוּ ,וֹתִּמאל רוּרבבּ ןינִעה תא הלִּחְתִּמ עדַיֶּשׁ אלֹ םִא
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(E3/5/1) – (5) .. .all of the conditions listed above: One who goes
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through this carefully should know that in this context it is improbable to ,וֹרוּבּדִּמ דלוֹנּה תא תוֹארְִלו ,האנִשׂ דצִּמ אלֹו ,תלעוֹתל
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