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Sefer Chafetz Chayim VOL-3 7 םייח ץפח רפס
Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Het - Halachah 5 ה הכלה - ח ללכ

will hate (10) and those who rise up against You, I will fight.” The ,'וּכו "טטוֹקְתא ךָימְמוֹקְתִבוּ אנְשׂא )י( 'ה ךָיאנַשְׂמ אוֹלה"
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definition of an apostate (11) is someone who repudiates the Torah
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and denies that prophecy was given to Israel’s prophets, whether ,לארְָשׂיִּמ האוּבנּבוּ הרָוֹתּבּ רפוֹכּה ארָקְנ )אי( סרֵוֹקיִפֶּאְו
he denies the written Torah or the Torah handed down through the אוּה וּלִּפאו ,הפּ לעבֶּשׁ הרָוֹתּבּ ןיבוּ בָתכִבֶּשׁ הרָוֹתּבּ ןיבּ
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generations by oral tradition (Shas, the Talmud). This person is
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an apostate even if he says the entire Torah is G‑d given except לקַ וֹא דחא קוּספִּמ ץוּח ,םימָשּׁה ןִמ הרָוֹתּה לכּ ,רֵמוֹא
for one sentence or except for a single logical deduction made by אוּה םגּ ,דחא קוּדּקְדּ וֹא תחא הוָשׁ הרָזגּ וֹא דחא רמֹחו
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our Chazal or a single novella learned from the juxtaposition of
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two sentences in the Torah or one single grammatical issue. (In .הזּה ללכּבּ
denying even these seemingly inconsequential details, this person
has repudiated the Torah, denied the authority of Chazal and has
rejected Hashem; he is an apostate!)
םייח םימ ראב
Be’er Mayim Chayim ראבתיו 'ז ףיעסב 'ד ללכב ליעל ןייעו .הוצמ )ח(
(K8/5/1)-(8)..it is a mitzvah to degrade and humiliate them: םיראובמה םיטרפהל ךירצ וניא ןידה הזבו ,לכה ךל
Please see above in the 4 Kelal, 7 halacha, where this concept is
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completely explained. Within this law, it is not necessary to comply with .'י ללכב ןמקל
all of the details \ conditions described in the coming 10 Kelal.
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ןושל תלבק רוסיא םהילע ןיאד .עמושש וא )ט(
(K8/5/2)-(9)..sins that we’ve heard they committed: The listener
who accepts these remarks as truth is not culpable for believing Lashon .םש ןייע ה"ס 'ז ללכב ליעל ונראיבש ומכו ערה
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Hara, as I explained above in the 7 Kelal, 5 halacha; please see that
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reference. תוירבה תאנשו ז"ט קרפ נ"רדא ל"זו .אנשא )י(
(K8/5/3)-(10).. I will hate: Avot DeRebbe Natan (16 perek, 5 תא בוהא רמול םדא ןיוכי אלש דמלמ דציכ
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halacha) expresses this concept as follows: “and the hatred of people.”
What is the case addressed by this statement? [Answer] The statement תא בוהא אלא ץראה ימע תא אנשו 'וכו םימכחה
comes to teach that man should not intend to say “Love the Chachamim 'וכו ןיחידמו םיתיסמו ןיסרוקיפאה תא אונשו םלוכ
etc., and hate unlearned people” but instead man should intend to say
“love everyone and hate apostates and proselytizers and those who entice .'וכ אנשא 'ה ךיאנשמ אלה דוד רמא ןכו
people to convert etc.,” as David HaMelech taught “Those who hate You
I will hate, etc…” קלח קרפב ארמגב ראובמ ז"כ .'וכ ארקנ )אי(
(K8/5/4)-(11)..definition of an apostate: All this is explained in .ויתוכלהב ם"במרבו ח"נק 'יס ד"ויבו
Gemara Sanhedrin (99b) in the chapter that discusses those people who
have no share in the World‑To‑Come and in Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’Ah
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section #158 paragraph #2 and in the Rambam Hilchot Teshuvah, the 3
perek, 8 halacha.
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