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

on him is applicable only if there will be a future outcome that חקַלֶּשׁ ירֵה .ז"י תוֹבּתכִבּ ל"זח וּרְמאֶשׁ וֹמכּ( "קחרְִתּ רקֶֶשׁ
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is beneficial, for example, that this “someone” will not be able
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to inform on the “victim” again and that there was no other way .)ויניֵעבּ וּנּחבַּשׁי ,רֵמוֹא יוה ,'וּכו קוּשּׁה ןִמ ערַ חקִּמ
of achieving this benefit except by informing on him. Only then
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would it be allowable. But if this victim’s only motivation was to החכוֹהבּ הנּאְמהל ןיִעמְשׁנ וּיהי וירָבדֶּשׁ ,רֵעַשְׁמ אוּה םִא )ג
take revenge, most certainly it would be absolutely forbidden, as is ריזחהל וֹמצע ןיבל וֹניבּ וֹתוֹא חיִכוֹי ,האנוֹאה ריזחהל
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brought down in Choshen Mishpat (section # , paragraph #9, in
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the Hagahah). .ןוֹדּנּל הלּגי אלֹו ,האנוֹאה
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( ). Before retaliating against this “someone,” the victim himself
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must have seen “someone’s” act of “informing” and not merely אלֶֹּשׁ ,תרֶחא הצֵעבּ )הל( תלעוֹתּה תא בבּסל לוֹכי םִא )ד
surmise “someone” was the culprit because of circumstantial .רפּסי אלֹ ,וילע תוּנגּה רפּסל ךְרֵטצי
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evidence, even if the circumstance evidence is obvious and the
victim himself saw that evidence, as I wrote above, and certainly ,ליִכרָ ךְלוֹה וֹעבִטבּ היהי אלֹ ,וֹל רפּסְמ אוּהֶשׁ שׁיִאהֶשׁ )ה
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not if (he did not see the circumstantial evidence and) other people
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told him that “someone” “informed.” In this circumstance it would ,רכוֹמּל רפּסי אמָתסִּמוּ ,וֹזּה העוּרגּ הדִּמבּ וֹריִכּמ אוּה םִאדּ
be forbidden to even conclude an opinion about this “someone,” to
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believe that the gossip was true, as long as there were no witnesses הנּניאֶשׁ וֹא ,הערָ איִה וֹזּה הרָוֹחסּהֶשׁ יִל רמא ינוֹלְפֶּשׁ ךְיא
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who testified in court (or even outside of court, as long as there was רפּסל רָתּמ םִא ,ןוּיִּע ךְירִצ ,הּדֲעבּ ןַתנֶּשׁ חקִּמּה יֵמדּ הוָשׁ
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positive proof with no possibility of a doubt). And how much even
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more so is it forbidden to rely on this hearsay and to cause even the לכִּמוּ .תוּליִכרְ רוּסִּאבּ וֹליִשׁכמ אוּה יִכּ ,תמאה הזכּ שׁיִאל
smallest loss to a fellow Jew even if in so doing he is motivated to VOL-4 הלּגי אלֶֹּשׁ ,וֹריִהזי םִאֶשׁ ,רֵעַשְׁמ אוּה םִאדּ ,הארְנ םוֹקמ
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Mekor Hachayim At this point in the review of Hilchot Esurei Rechilut 3 ,וֹעבִטבּ הנּאְתִמּהל ריִכּמ אוּה םִא ,וּנרְבּדּ הז לכּ .גי
achieve a useful future outcome.
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.ןכ הֶשֲׂעי - וֹל עמְשׁי ,וֹמְשׁ תא
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our daughter Mazal was niftar on 27 Elul 5766.
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רבדּ םוּשׁ וֹל הֶשֲׂעי אלֹ ,האנוֹאהֵמ תמאה וֹל עדַוּי רֶשׁאכֶּשׁ
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.הרָוֹתּ ןידּ יִפּ לע הֶשֲׂעיו ןידּ תיבל וּנּעבְּתי קרַ ,וֹמצעֵמ
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ןידּ הֶשֲׂעי ,הזִּמ וֹל עדַוּי רֶשׁאכֶּשׁ ,וֹעבִטבּ וֹריִכּמ םִא לבא
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םיִלְשׁי אלֹ וֹא ,הרָוֹחסּה וֹל ריזחיֶּשׁ וֹא ,וּנּסְפְּתיו וֹמצעל
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רהזִּל שׁי ,ןידּ תיבּ םוּשׁ יִלבּ וֹל ביּח ראְשׁנֶּשׁ ,תוֹעמּה וֹל
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ךְירִצ ,רוּסאה רוּבּדּ םצעֵמ לצניֶּשׁ ידֵכּ יִכּ ,וֹל תוֹלּגלִּמ
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