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

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אלֶֹּשׁ וֹא ,וּנּסְפְּתיֶּשׁ ןוֹגכּ ,דסְפה ידֵיִל אוֹבל וֹדּגנכֶּשּׁה לוֹכי
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,הזּה קסֵעל ןידֲַע וֹל ביּח אוּהֶשׁ ,תוֹעמּה ןוֹרְתי וֹל םלַּשׁי
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Hilchot Esurei Rechilut
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,האוֹר אוּה םִא לבא .הזל איִבֵמּל אוּה לוֹדגּ ןוֹע יאדּובּ
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Kelal Zayin (RK7 - 7th chapter) רֹזחל לוֹכי אהיֶּשׁ וֹא( וֹמִּע ןידּה היהי ,הרָוֹתּ ןידִ יִפּ לעֶשׁ
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היה םִאו .)האנוֹאה וֹל ריזחיֶּשׁ וֹא ,הזּה ערַה חקִּמּהֵמ וֹבּ
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An explanation of the different circumstances when
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Rechilut is forbidden. There are 5 halachot in this וֹל רמוֹל ךְירִצ )בל( ,הזל הצּרְַתִמ היה אלֹ ,הנּאְתִמּה עדֵוֹי
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Kelal. ךְא .וֹתאנוֹא תא וֹרבחֵמ איִצוֹיֶּשׁ ידֵכּ ,אוּה רֶשׁאכּ תמאה
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:ןה וּלּאו ,בֹתּכאֶשׁ םינפאה וּלּאבּ ריִהז תוֹיהִל ךְירִצ
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Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 251
RK7/ . It is forbidden to gossip and it makes no difference if the
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gossip is conveyed by a man or by a woman (1), by a relative or רֵתוֹי ןוֹרסִּחה וֹא הלועה תא וֹרוּפִּסבּ לידּגי אלֶֹּשׁ )א .בי
by someone who is not a relative. Even if someone heard Plony .אוּהֶשּׁ המִּמ
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insult one’s father or mother and because of his great concern for
their sense of honor he told them what Plony said; this too is called םַשׁא רֶשׁאל רֹזֲעלו תמאל אנּקַל וֹתנוּכּ רקִּע היהִתֶּשׁ )ב
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gossip. (Please see the following Hagahah). Similarly it makes no
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difference if Plony is a man or a woman, an adult or a child (2). ןוֹלקְִבּ חֹמְשִׂל )גל( אלֹו ,הנּאְתִמּה תלעוֹתלוּניהדּ ,וֹל
Mekor Hachayim There are people who make this mistake: Someone sees two boys ,דחא ןינִע דוֹע ללכנ טרְָפּה הזבוּ .חקִּמּה הזבּ רכוֹמּה
All of this follows from the above discussion of the Laws of Esurei
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וֹתוֹא הנוֹהֶשׁ ,רוּרבבּ וֹמצעבּ עדֵוֹי אוּהֶשׁ ףא ,הנּאְמה
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Lashon Hara in the Kelal, the 1 , and halachot.
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לכוּתֶּשׁ ,רֵעַשׁיֶּשׁ ,וּניהדּ ,וֹמצעבּ טרְָפּה וֹתוֹא טעְמִכּ אוּהו
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hitting each other and then goes over and tells the father of one of
these boys that the second boy hit his son. Very often great trouble
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תא עדֵוֹי אוּה םִא )איִצוֹהל( יקֵוֹפּאל ,תלעוֹתּ הזִּמ אוֹבל
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is caused by these kinds of reports, and this father will go and hit the
boy who hit his child because of his hatred for that boy. Inevitably
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,אניּדַו אנידִבּ ךְליל אוּה םירִבדּ שׁיִא אלֶֹּשׁ ,הנּאְתִמּה עבֶט
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this will cause a bitter conflict between this father and the father
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of the boy he hit. Very often this scenario takes place in a shule
or Beit Midrash. Now if we gave some thought to the seriousness דבלִבּ וֹבִּל ביִאכי קרַ ,הז ןינִעבּ וּהוּרזעיֶּשׁ ,םיִשׁנא שֵׁקּבלוּ
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ןיא )דל( ,וֹדּגנכֶּשּׁה לע וֹבִּלבּ האנִשׂ וֹל סינכיו ,וֹרוּפִּסבּ
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of the sins committed in conveying this gossip, the number of sins
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committed in this scenario would be too numerous to count. It goes ןוֹשׁארִה ןפֹאבוּ .הז ןפֹאבּ וֹלאוֹשׁ םִא רֵתוֹיבוּ ,וֹל רמוֹל
without saying that if this speaker did not clearly know which one of הזִּמ רֹזחל רוּסא ןידּ יִפּ לעֶשׁ םוֹקמבּ ,וּניהדּ ,וּנרְיִּצֶּשׁ
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these boys was within the law in what he did, it would be forbidden
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to tell the boy’s father what had happened. But rather even if he רבדִּמ" םוּשִּׁמ וֹבּ ןיאו ,וינפבּ חקִּמּה חבַּשׁל הוצִמ ,חקִּמּה

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