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םייח ץפח רפס
Sefer Chafetz Chayim
The Response of the Chavot Ya’ir םירויצ
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ללכִבּ אוּה הזדּ ,הזבּ וֹרבח תא ץֵעיל אוּה רוּמגּ רוּסִּא
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The Response of the Chavot Ya’ir וֹל ןֵתִּל אלֶֹּשׁ ,ל"זח וּרְמאֶשׁ ,"לוֹשׁכִמ ןֵתִּת אלֹ רוִּע ינְפִל"
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Quoting from the end of the Preface & Introduction הז ןינִעבּ ןיִלָשׁכנֶּשׁ ,םיִשׁנא שׁיו .וֹל תנגוֹה הּניאֶשׁ הצֵע
to Sefer Chafetz Chayim: םרָיִבֲעמ ןוֹממ דוּמִּח יִכּ ,יִליִלְפּ ןוֹע אוּהו ,םָתעיגנ ינְפִּמ
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In light of the profound esur of Lashon Hara and .אָתירָוֹאדּ ואל לע
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verbal oppression, our reader should not wonder
in amazement how we find written in the gemara .לולא ו"כ ,רייא ז"ט ,טבש 'ז - תרבועמ הנש .לולא ו"כ ,רייא ו"כ ,תבט ו"כ - הטושפ הנש :ימוי חול
instances where one Amora seemingly uses language
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that insults his colleague, and so I added a responsum עוּדיו ,דחא םִע ךְדַּתְּשִׁהל הצוֹר דחאֶשׁ ,האוֹר אוּה םִא .ד
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by the Chavot Yair at the end of this commentary יִפכּ ,םיִמוּצֲע תוֹנוֹרסח וֹל שׁי - ןָתחה יִכּ ,הזּה האוֹרל
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to explain those remarks. Within this commentary ,הז ןינִעל תוֹנוֹרסח ארָקְנּ המ ,'ו ףיִעסבּ ןמּקַל ראֹבְמה
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I have also answered many other (questions that
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evolve from) statements made by Chazal. היה אלֹ ,עדֵוֹי היה וּלִּאו ,רבדּ הזִּמ עדֵוֹי וֹניא ןָתּחְמהו
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הזבּ שׁי יִכּ ,ןיּעְמה עדַי ךְא .וֹל תוֹלּגל שׁי ,הזל הצּרְַתִמ
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I will now quote here the answer given by the Chavot Yair to the םיִשׂל ךְירִצ םלּכּ לעו ,ןמּקַל םרֵאבנוּ ,םיִטרְָפּ הבּרְה ןידּה
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question posed at the end of the Preface & Introduction. This
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quotation is taken from Sefer (Shu’t) Chavot Yair, section #152. וֹמצעל אלּקֻ דֵמּלי אלֹ םגּ .הז רבדּ וֹמצעל ריִתּיֶּשׁ םדֶקֹ ,ןיע
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Question: Given that Kohelet teaches (9:17) “The gentle words of ,ויטרְָפּ לכבּ הז ןידּ רוּאבבּ ליִחְתנֶּשׁ םדֶקֹו .ןינִעל ןינִעֵמ
our sages are heard (above the shouts of kings over fools)” and the ןיא תמאבּ יִכּ ףאו ,הזבּ ןיִליגרְה ןיִלוֹשׁכִמּה ריִסהל הארְנ
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Mishnah in Avot (2:10) teaches “the honor \ prestige of your fellow
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Jew should be just as precious to you as your own,” how is it that ךְירִצ ןיאו ,דֹאְמ ןיִטוּשְׁפּ םהֶשׁ ,רפסּבּ םָתוֹלֲעהל ךְירִצ
we find the sages of the Talmud angering \ provoking and belittling
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one another? For example, there are several places in Shas (in יוּצמּה לוּקלִקּה לדֶֹגּ ינְפִּמ ךְא ,ארָבס אלֹו ארָמג אלֹ הזל
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Gemara Yevamot, 24b, and similarly in other places) where Rav המּכל )םֶהָל הֶמוֹדּ רֵתֶּהְכּ( וּהְל אָיְמַדּ ארָיֵתֶּהְכוּ ,הֶז ידְֵי לַע
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Sheh’shat said: “Rav must have been drowsing and then went to
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sleep when he delivered his lecture” (because of the weakness of ןוֹשׁלּה ילֲעבּ תיִמרְַתּ לדֶֹגּ ראבל יִתּחרַכה ןכל ,םיִשׁנא
the lessons Rav was teaching). ןוֹרוִּעהֵמ תצקְ ריִסהל ליִעוֹיֶּשׁ ,'ה ןֵתּי ילוּא ,הז ןינִעבּ
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Answer: You have asked a good question. Even though the Torah .'ה תרַזעבּ יִלחה הזו .הזּה לוֹדגּה
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Scholars of Bavel are called “attackers” (for their aggressive style
of learning) (egs., in Gemara Babba Batra and in Gemara Sanhedrin תוֹנּגל םיִליגרְֶשׁ ,תוֹעוּרגּה תוֹדִּמִּמ רהזִּל ךְירִצ דֹאְמ .ה
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24a), that characterization is not because of their sparring and loud,
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emotional shouting and hand-to-hand blows as though they were ,שׁמּמ םהבּ ןיאֶשׁ םינינִע לע רחאה דצ יניֵעל דחא דצ
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