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Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפס
Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Het - Halachah 5 ז-ו הכלה - ח ללכ

the epoch in which they live). Even in our generation, one who is םייחה רוקמ
capable of rendering legal decisions and toils in Torah is called a
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Torah Scholar (and in a relative sense, he is the equal of any Torah לבא ,תוּסרְוֹקיִפּא ירֵבדּ וֹמצעבּ םהֵמ עמָשׁ םִא אקָודַו .ו
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scholar that ever lived and is entitled to the respect and honor that
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the Torah demands we extend to a Talmid Chacham). Anyone who ןיבּ ,םָתוֹנּגל הז לע ךְֹמסִל רוּסא ,וֹל וּרְמא םירִחא םִא
humiliates him or shows him disrespect, even verbally and even הז רבדּ טיִלחהל וֹל ןיא םגו ,םהינְפִבּ אלֶֹּשׁ ןיבוּ םהינְפִבּ
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not in his presence, is committing a terrible sin and is deserving
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of excommunication, as the Shulchan Aruch brings down this law קרַ ,'ו ללכִבּ ל"נּכו ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל תלבּקַ רוּסִּא ןידִכּ בלּבּ
in Yoreh De’Ah section #243, paragraph #7 and in section #334 םירִחאל ריִהזהל םגו )בי( וֹמְצַעְל שׁוּחָל הָתַּע תֵעְל וֹל ךְירִָצ
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in the Shach’s commentary, sub-paragraph #68. And all the more
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so if this Talmid Chacham is the Authority who decides the law in .רבדּה ררֵבְּתיֶּשׁ דע ,םהמִּע הָתּע תֵעל וּרבּחְתי אלֶֹּשׁ ,רֶתסּבּ
the city, unquestionably the sin is even more severe. Besides the ריִעבּ ןיקִזחמ )גי( םִא לָבֲא ,אָמְלָעְבּ הָעיִמְשִׁבּ אקְָוַדּ הֶז לָכְו
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fact that this speaker is obliged to uphold him as a Torah Scholar
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and give him respect and honor since he relies on his decisions, in .וֹמצעבּ םרָיִכּמ וּלִּאכּ וֹנידּ ,םיִסרְוֹקיִפּאל
denigrating the Talmid Chacham the speaker prevents society from
serving Hashem. In demeaning the Talmid Chacham, society will
(question the authority of this Torah Scholar and will) say – Why םייח םימ ראב
should we go to him to decide disputes between us since he cannot
mediate between us? As a result of his Lashon Hara, each of these ףד( הדנב ש"ארב אוה ראובמ .ריהזהל םגו )בי(
people will come to “worship on a false altar” ([i.e., repudiate
Hashem’s Torah and rationalize the law to suit themselves] Many שוחל ךירצ ךכ ומצעל שוחל ךירצש םשכד )א"ס
other bad outcomes that are too numerous to list will result from .ט"יעמב ש"יעו םירחאל
such speech, G‑d should protect us from this mindset).
ראבבו ה"סב 'ז ללכב ליעל ןייע .'וכו ןיקזחומ )גי(
Daily Halacha: 6 Kislev, 6 Nssan, 6 Av; Leap Year- 9 Kislev, 18 Adar II, 28 Tammuz .הז ןיד רוקמ םש ראובמ ח"קסב םש םייח םימ
K / . The entire esur of Lashon Hara applies specifically to a
“victim” who the Torah considers to be “your brother \ your fellow
Jew,” someone who observes Torah and mitzvot. But to those .זומת ט"כ ,'ב רדא ט"י ,ולסכ 'י - תרבועמ הנש :ימוי חול
persons who are known to be apostates, it is a mitzvah to degrade םייחה רוקמ
and humiliate them (8) either directly to them in their presence or
not in their presence for whatever sins they were seen committing ינינִע ראְשׁ ינְפִּמ )די( עָשׁרָל ריִעבּ קזחמ םִאדּ ,דוֹע עדַו .ז
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or sins that we’ve heard they committed (9). The Torah instructs us
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(Vayikrah 25:17) “Do not oppress your fellow Jew” and (Vayikrah )ךְכּ( יִכה אנידּ ןכּ םגּ )וט( ,וֹתוֹנּגל םרָוּבֲע רָתּמֶּשׁ ,תוֹרבֲע
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19:16) “Do not peddle gossip in society” and these people are not ָ ָ ְ ֻ ֶ ֵ ְ
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included in this warning because they (have repudiated Hashem and) לכּ ?קזחמ וּהזיאו ,)הזל ךְירִצֶּשׁ ,םיִטרְָפּה םייּח םימ ראבִבּ ןיּעו(
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don’t behave as Jews should. (This concept is expressed by David םהל לֹפּי אלֶֹּשׁ דע ,עָשׁרָל ריִעה יֵשׁנא ינְפִבּ םכּסהֶשׁ
HaMelech in) Tehilim (139:21) “Those who hate You, Hashem, I
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