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םייח ץפח רפס
Sefer Chafetz Chayim תוליכר ירוסיא תוכלה
Hilchot Esurei Rechilut ו הכלה - א ללכ
Kelal Tet
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,םהל הלּגיֶּשׁ ,וילע םידְִמוֹעו רבדּה תא םיניִבְמ םהֶשׁכוּ
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from others, it is forbidden for them to tell Shimon (36) (that he
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was cheated). ( ) There must be two speakers (37) (conveying this ,ינוֹלְפּ םִע אוּה וֹדי םגֶּשׁ ,וּהוּדְשׁחי ,הצוֹר וֹניא אוּהו
report \ gossip to Shimon). (3) The consequences of their report to )גי( ךְָכּ רַחַא וֹל הֶיְהִי אלְֹו ,וֹתּרְַמְשִׁמִּמ וּהוּקְלַּסְי הֶז רוּבֲעַו
Shimon may not cause any more damages to Plony that he would
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have received if the case had gone to a Beit Din and the court found ראְשׁ לככּ ,רוּסא ןכ יִפּ לע ףא ,וֹתיב ינבּ תא סנרְפל המּבּ
Plony guilty (and penalized him to the extent that the law required). ,ןהילֲע רֹבֲעל אלֹו ,וֹל רֶשׁא לכּ ןֵתִּל ביּחְמֶּשׁ ,ןיואל יביּח
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But if these two speakers are familiar with Shimon’s personality
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(38) and they know that he will punish Plony more than the law םִא .ה"הגהב 'א ףיִעס ז"נק ןמיִסבּ העדֵ הרֶוֹיבּ ראֹבְמכּ
would have required, and that later on he would not comply with תיִבְּשׁהלוּ ןיקִזנּה קלּסל תלעוֹתּ היהִתּ יוּלּגּבֶּשׁ םוֹקמבּ אלֹ
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the verdict of the Beit Din in favor of Plony, then it is forbidden for
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them to report to Shimon that Plony cheated him. הזל ךְירִצ יִכּ ,רֵתּהה הז לע ךְֹמסִל רהמל ןיא לבא .בירִה
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With the inclusion of the first five conditions, there are now a total of ללכִבּ ןמּקַל ,'ה הצרְי םִא ,ראבנֶּשׁ וֹמכוּ ,םיִבּרַ םיִטרְָפּ
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eight conditions (that must be fulfilled before allowing gossip) and
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it is very unlikely to comply with all of them. Even if all of these .הכּרֻאבּ 'ט
conditions were satisfied, it would only help to absolve the speakers
of the esur of Lashon Hara and Rechilut but it would not give them
immunity from the sin of assisting someone else in committing a םייח םימ ראב
sin because from the perspective of the law it is forbidden for the
listener to launch an action based on their report. Even if many ןישלמב וליפא אלהד הז לע גישת אלו .דספה )בי(
people reported the same gossip to him, still it is forbidden for מ"חב ך"שה קספ ה"פאו הזמ רומח יאדובש רומג
Shimon to react on that basis as long as their testimony was not ןישלמהל ול היה אל וליפאד ב"כ ק"ס ח"פש ןמיסב
Mekor Hachayim halachot. Therefore, one must be very careful in what he reports to וליפאד אדח ,וניא הזד .םלשלמ וב ירטפד םיקסופ
brought in court and the Beit Din allowed him to proceed against
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ינהכ יל םיק רמול לוכי ה"פא ןוממ סנוא קר
Plony, as I explained above in the 6 Kelal, in the 9 and 10
a (cheated) person whose personality is to take the law into his own
םלשלמ רוטפו סנוא ירקימ ע"כלד תושפנ סנואב
hands without the permission of the Beit Din. Also, please see what
I wrote above in the 6 halacha.
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ק"סב םש ע"מסה בתכ ה"פא ,מ"חב םש ראובמכ
And now my brother, please, please see, that because of the many
,תושפנ סנוא םעטמ והורטפ ןימולשתמ קרד ב"י
sins of society, how very many people make this terrible mistake.
That when someone buys something in a store and took it and held
לע תוארהל אלו תומ תנכסהמ לוצינ היהו ומצע
it for himself (i.e., he makes a “Kinyan” on the article by lifting it ןוממ ןתיל ול היהד םושמ וילע שי רוסיא לבא
up and in so doing acquires it) so that halachically it becomes his הז ירה ה"דב םש בתכש ז"טהל וליפאו ,םירחא
and then shows it to his friend to see if what he bought is worth
the price he paid or not. It is not enough that this friend does not םש אקוד ונייה ,רתומ הלחתכל וליפאד ,רוטפ
praise his purchase but instead he degrades it (and incites a quarrel) יאדוב ןוממ סנואב לבא ,תושפנ תנכס אכיאד
and tells him “the seller cheated you badly,” without paying much
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