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

עמָשׁ םִא וּלִּפא אוּה תוּליִכרְ תלבּקַ רוּסִּאדּ ,דוֹע עדַו .ד
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רבּדּ ינוֹלְפֶּשׁ ,ריִעבּ לוֹק אציֶּשׁ וֹא ,רֵתוֹיו םינְשִּׁמ )ז(
Hilchot Esurei Rechilut רוּסא )ןכ יִפּ לע ףא( יִכה וּלִּפא ,ךְכו ךְכּ וֹל הָשׂע וֹא ,וילע
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Kelal Heh (RK5 - 5 chapter) תנוּכּ םִא וּלִּפא ,תמא אוּהֶשׁ וֹבִּלבּ רבדּה טיִלחהלוּ לבּקַל
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,אבּהל לע הז לֶשׁ וֹתבוֹטל םה םהירֵבדּ יִפל םירְִפּסְמה
Details of the sin of believing gossip or of listening .'ב ףיִעסבּ ל"נּכו ,םרָוּפִּס ידֵי לע םיִעָשׁרְ ןיִשֲׂענ ןיאֶשׁ
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to it, and if someone did transgress this Lav, the
method by which this sin can be remedied. There
are 7 halachot in this Kelal.
הּל ןמיהְמדּ שׁיִאֵמ וּלִּפא אוּה תוּליִכרְ תלבּקַ רוּסִּא .ה
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Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 187
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תוּכז דצ םוּשׁ )ח( אוּהה רבדּבּ ןיא םִא וּלִּפאו ,םינְשִׁכּ
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RK5/ . Just as the Torah forbids believing Lashon Hara, so too הזּה ןינִע תעידִיִמ וֹל ןיאֶשׁ ,)םירִבדּה הלּאו( ילִּמ ינהו .וילע
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does the Torah forbid believing gossip (1), that gossip \ Rechilut
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is also included in the category of Lashon Hara. Meaning, one לע תלעוֹתּ הזִּמ וֹל שׁי )ט( םִא לבא ,אבּהל לע תלעוֹתּ
should not take to heart that the gossip told to him was true, that וֹא וֹפוּגבּ וֹקיזּהל הצוֹר ינוֹלְפֶּשׁ ,וֹל רפִּסֶּשׁ ,ןוֹגכּ ,אבּהל
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“Plony” did such and such to him or said such and such about him. רָתּמ ,וּנּמִּמ וֹמצע רֹמְשׁי ןכּ לעו ,הזבּ אצוֹיּכּ לכו וֹנוֹממבּ
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Mekor Hachayim violating all of the other Laveen and Aseen that are associated with it, יוּלּגּהבּ וֹל שׁיֶּשׁ אלֹ םִא ,וֹתיבּ יֵשׁנאל וּלִּפאו ,םירִחאל
The listener (this “victim”) who does believe it violates the Torah’s
Lav of (Shemot 23:1) “Do not accept a false report” in addition to
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הז הלּגי אלֹ )י( לבא .הזבּ ןיִמאהלוּ וּנּמִּמ הז רבדּ לבּקַל
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as I explained them in the Introduction. (Please see that reference).
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Chazal have taught us (Rambam, Hilchot De’Aut, perek, end of
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.אבּהל לע תלעוֹתּ אוּהה
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the halacha) “Lashon Hara kills three people; the speaker, the
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listener who believes what the speaker said and the victim.” (As
we know this from Doeg the Edomite. Doeg (the speaker) was
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barred from Olam Haba because the gossip he conveyed to Shaul
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HaMelech, Nov- the city of Kohanim (the “victim” of Rechilut) -
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עמָשֶּׁשׁ ,וֹל רמאֶשׁ ,רחא שׁיִאֵמ עמָשׁ )אי( אוּה םִא לבא
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was annihilated, and Shaul HaMelech (the listener) was killed later ,וֹמצעבּ הז רבדּ וּנּמִּמ עמָשֶּׁשׁ ,וֹל רפּסְמ אוּה םִא הז לכו
on because he believed the gossip that Doeg told him). The one .םדא ראְשִׁמ ןוֹרְתי םוּשׁ וֹל ןיא ,וּנּמִּמ
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who accepts the gossip is punished even more than the speaker.
Chazal have taught (Gemara Pesachim 11 a) “It is appropriate to
throw to the dogs anyone who speaks Lashon Hara and anyone who
believes Lashon Hara” from the juxtaposition of two pesukim. The
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