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Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפס
Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Het - Halachah 6-7 ה הכלה - ח ללכ

Mekor Hachayim םכח דיִמלַתּ לכדּ ,רוּמגּ תוּעט אוּהו ,וּננּמזִבֶּשׁ וּלּא לע אלֹ
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K / . However this applies only if we ourselves heard first hand תוֹרוֹהל יוּארָ קרַ אוּה םִא ,וּננּמזִבּ וּלִּפאו ,רוֹדּה יִפל אוּה
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this person expressing heresy. But if others told us he made remarks
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that were heresy, it is forbidden to rely on what they have said and וּלִּפא ,וֹתוֹא הזּבְמהו ,םכח דיִמלַתּ ארָקְנ - הרָוֹתּבּ עגיו
demean the victim, either in the victim’s presence or in his absence. יִליִלְפּ ןוֹע ,וינפבּ אלֶֹּשׁ וּלִּפאו ,)םָתְס( אָמְלָעְבּ םירִָבדְִבּ
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Moreover, one may not conclusively believe this report since it is
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forbidden just like any other remark that is Lashon Hara, as I wrote ג"מר ןמיִסבּ העדֵ הרֶוֹיבּ אָתיִאדְִכּ ,הז לע יוּדּנ ביּחו ,אוּה
above in the 6 Kelal (1 halacha). But at this very moment one ןכֶּשׁ לכו ,ח"ס ןטקָ ףיִעס ךְ"ַשּׁבּ ד"לש ןמיִסבוּ 'ז ףיִעס
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must suspect the veracity of what he has heard other people say
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about the victim and discretely caution others (12) not to associate יאדּובדּ ,ריִעבּ הארָוֹה הרֵוֹמ אוּה הזּה םכח דיִמלַתּה םִא
with him now until the the matter is clarified. All this is true only חרָכמ אוּהֶשׁ דבלִּמדּ ,רֵתוֹי הבּרְה רוּמח אוּה וּהזּבְמה רוּסִּא
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if there was a generalized rumor circulating in society about this
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person. But if this victim is well known in society to be an apostate ךְֵמוֹס אוּהֶשׁ ירֵחא ,דוֹבכּ וֹבּ גֹהנִלו םכחל וֹתוֹא קיזחהל
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(13), that is equivalent to hearing his remarks first hand.
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תא ענוֹמ אוּה תוּנגּ ירֵבדּ וילע וֹרוּפִּסבּ דוֹע ,ויָתוֹארָוֹה לע
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:םעה ראְשׁ וּרְמאֹי רוֹמא הז ידֵי לע יִכּ ,'ה תדַוֹבֲעֵמ םיִבּרַה
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ירֵחא ,וּניניבֶּשׁ הרָוֹתּ ינידּה ינינִע וֹתִּאֵמ שׁרֹדְנו ךְלנּ המ
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(K8/6/1)-(12)..discretely caution others: This concept is explained
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by the Rosh in Gemara Niddah (referring to gemara on page 61, at the end המבּ הנוֹבּ דחא לכּ הז ךְוֹתִּמוּ ?וּניניבּ ךְוַּתל לכוּי אלֶֹּשׁ
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of the 5 notation in the Rosh) that just as one is obligated to suspect the
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possible truth of the Lashon Hara remark and protect oneself accordingly, .)וּנרְֵמְשׁי 'ה ,םרָכז ךְירִאי ,םיִלוּקלקִ המּכּ דוֹעו( וֹמצעל
so too must one suspect the remarks may be true and warn others (to take
steps accordingly to protect themselves in case the remarks prove true).
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Please see the Ma’adaneh Yom Tov (6 notation). .זומת ח"כ ,'ב רדא ח"י ,ולסכ 'ט - תרבועמ הנש .בא 'ו ,ןסינ 'ו ,ולסכ 'ו - הטושפ הנש :ימוי חול
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(K8/6/2)-(13)..well known in society to be an apostate: Please ,שׁיִא לע אקָודּ אוּה ערָה ןוֹשׁל לֶשׁ רוּסִּאה הז לכו .ה
see above in the 7 Kelal, 4 halacha, and the associated Be’er Mayim
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Chayim there in the 8 notation for the source of this law. םע וּניהדּ "ךֶָתיִמֲע" ללכִבּ ןידֲַע אוּה הרָוֹתּ ןידּ יִפּ לעֶשׁ
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,םרָיִכּמֶּשׁ ,םיִשׁנאה ןָתוֹא לבא ,תוֹצִמבוּ הרָוֹתּבּ ךְָתִּאֶשׁ
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,םָתוֹזּבלוּ םָתוֹנּגל הוצִמ )ח( ,תוּסרְוֹקיִפֶּא םֶהָבּ שֵׁיֶּשׁ
Daily Halacha: Leap Year- 10 Kislev, 19 Adar II, 29 Tammuz
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Mekor Hachayim האוֹר אוּהֶשּׁ המ לכבּ ,םהינְפִבּ אלֶֹּשׁ ןיבוּ םהינְפִבּ ןיבּ
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K /7. Understand even more, if this person is established in the שׁיִא וּנוֹת אלֹ" :ביִתכדּ ,םהילֲע עֵמוֹשֶּׁשׁ וֹא )ט( ,םֶהיֵלֲע
city as a Rasha for a variety of other sins (14) for which it would be ללכִבּ םניא םהו ,"ךָימּעבּ ליִכרָ ךְלֵת אלֹ"ו ,"וֹתיִמֲע תא
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permitted to denigrate him, the law is also the same (15). (Please
see the necessarily relevant details as brought down in the Be’er :)א"כ ט"לק םיִלִּהְתּ( רַמֱאֶנְו ,ךְָמַּע הֵשֲׂעַמ םיִשׂוֹע םָניֵאֶשׁ ,הֶז
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