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Sefer Chafetz Chayim
Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara
Kelal Zayin 201 K8/7. daily Halacha: leap year- 10 Kislev, 19 adar ii, 29 tammuz

205 K8/8. daily Halacha: 7 Kislev, 7 nissan, 7 av; leap year- 11 Kislev, 20 adar ii, 1 av
this discrete person will believe him just as he would believe two
witnesses), and that the rav is permitted to believe the speaker, to 215 K8/10. daily Halacha: 8 Kislev, 8 nssan, 8 av; leap year- 12 Kislev, 21 adar ii, 2 av
hate the victim (because of his actions) and to distance himself 219 K8/12. daily Halacha: 9 Kislev, 9 nissan, 9 av; leap year- 13 Kislev, 22 adar ii, 3 av
from the victim until it becomes evident that the victim repented,
this is because there in that reference the context was such that 225 K8/13. daily Halacha: 10 Kislev, 10 nissan, 10 av; leap year- 14 Kislev, 23 adar ii, 4 av
it is permissible to demean the victim if he did not repent since 231 K9/1. daily Halacha: 11 Kislev, 11 nissan, 11 av; leap year- 15 Kislev, 24 adar ii, 5 av
the victim purposefully committed an action which is well known 247 K9/3. daily Halacha: 12 Kislev, 12 nissan, 12 av; leap year- 16 Kislev, 25 adar ii, 6 a
throughout Jewish society to be sinful with no possible justification
(for example, the incident regarding Tuvia (12) related in Gemara 257 K9/5. daily Halacha: 13 Kislev, 13 nissan, 13 av; leap year- 17 Kislev, 26 adar ii, 7 av
Pesachim (11 b) which involved adultery). However, if the incident 261 K10/1. daily Halacha: 14 Kislev, 14 nissan, 14 av; leap year- 18 Kislev, 27 adar ii, 8 av
related is equivocal and it is possible to judge the “victim” favorably 297 K10/3. daily Halacha: 15 Kislev, 15 nissan, 15 av; leap year- 19 Kislev, 28 adar ii, 9 av
(13), for example, the victim did not know that he was committing
a sin (or something comparable) or he did something mistakenly 299 K10/4. daily Halacha: leap year- 20 Kislev, 29 adar ii, 10 av
\ unintentionally; or to speak shamefully and slanderously about 313 K10/5. daily Halacha: 16 Kislev, 16 nissan, 16 av; leap year- 21 Kislev, 1 nissan, 11 av
the victim or to degrade him or talk about his personality flaws
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(or something comparable), as I wrote in the Kelal, in the 327 K10/7. daily Halacha: 17 Kislev, 17 nissan, 17 av; leap year- 22 Kislev, 2 nissan, 12 av
halacha; or to disclose something wrong that his fathers or family 337 K10/9. daily Halacha: 18 Kislev, 18 nissan, 18 av; leap year- 23 Kislev, 3 nissan, 13 av
did in the past, or something wrong he himself did in his earlier 347 K10/11. daily Halacha: 19 Kislev, 19 nissan, 19 av; leap year- 24 Kislev, 4 nissan, 14 av
life. In all of these instances, the leniency of believing someone
whom he trusts with the same authority as one would believe two 367 K10/13. daily Halacha: 20 Kislev, 20 nissan, 20 av; leap year- 25 Kislev, 5 nissan, 15 av
witnesses is most certainly not relevant. What difference does it 375 K10/14. daily Halacha: leap year- 27 Kislev, 7 nissan, 17 av
leap year- 26 Kislev, 6 nissan, 16 av
Mekor Hachayim judge the victim favorably in this regard, as was mentioned earlier 387 K10/17. daily Halacha: 22 Kislev, 22 nissan, 22 av; leap year- 28 Kislev, 8 nissan, 18 av
make if the remarks were not lies, still the Torah forbids the speaker
383 K10/15. daily Halacha: 21 Kislev, 21 nissan, 21 av;
from saying anything that demeans the victim and requires people to
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Similarly, the listener is forbidden to conclude an opinion and
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degrade the victim, as was stated earlier in the 6 Kelal, halacha.
(Besides violating the esur of accepting Lashon Hara as truth, this
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listener also violates the Lav of (Vayikrah 19:1 ) “Do not cause
another Jew to unknowingly stumble into committing a sin”
leap year- 29 Kislev, 9 nissan, 19 av
together with other Laveen and Aseen discussed in the Introduction,
since the speaker most certainly violated the esur of Lashon Hara 99 rK1/1. daily Halacha: 23 Kislev, 23 nissan, 23 av; leap year- 30 Kislev, 10 nissan, 20 av
rK1/3. daily Halacha:
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according to the unanimous opinion of all Authorities, that the
esur of Lashon Hara is applicable even to truthful remarks, and in 109 rK1/4. daily Halacha: 24 Kislev, 24 nissan, 24 av; leap year- 1 tevet, 11 nissan, 21 av
providing an audience to the speaker this listener caused him to 115 rK1/6. daily Halacha: 25 Kislev, 25 nissan, 25 av; leap year- 2 tevet, 12 nissan, 22 av
commit a sin because if he had not wanted to listen to him, the
121 rK1/8. daily Halacha: 26 Kislev, 26 nissan, 26 av; leap year- 3 tevet, 13 nissan, 23 av
127 rK1/10. daily Halacha: 27 Kislev, 27 nissan, 27 av; leap year- 4 tevet, 14 nissan, 24 av

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