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Sefer Chafetz Chayim 10 VOL-3 םייח ץפח רפס
Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Yud - Halachah 2 ד הכלה - י ללכ

would ultimately be good for us. Their motivation in hurting us is rooted תאֹז לכבּ ,"לארְָשׂי אסִּכּ לע ךָל וּבְשׁי םיִעִברְ ינבּ ,באחא
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in the deep hatred they have for us and they are joyful when they see us
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suffering. So too is this comparable to our case. ברַ היה אוּה םגּ יִכּ ינְפִּמ ,באחא יֵמדּ ףוֹסּבל וילע דקְַפנ
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Mekor Hachayim
6. If the speaker is able to achieve a useful outcome by some other
strategy that would circumvent the need (11) to use Lashon Hara םייח םימ ראב
against this sinner, then in any \ all circumstances it is forbidden to רמאמב ת"שב הנוי 'ר בתכ ןכ .ותומכ אטוח )גי(
use Lashon Hara;
אצי םא ןינעל הז רבד בתכ אוהש ףאו ,ופוסב ט"יר
אוהד טושפ ,םוקמל םדא ןיבש תונוע י"ע ךתימעמ
Be’er Mayim Chayim
רוסיאה םעט הנוי 'ר בתכ אלהד ,וננינעל כ"ג ןידה
(K10/2/7)-(11) .. circumvent the need: A proof to this concept comes רבכ אלה הזו ,דיאל חומשל קר ותנווכד םושמ
from Gemara Sanhedrin (11a) regarding the incident involving Achan.
Hashem said to Yehoshua (sefer Yehoshua 7:1‑11) “Get up, why are you וליפאד אפוג הנוי 'ר ירבדמ י"קסב ליעל ונרריב
prostrating yourself on your face, Israel has sinned!” Yehoshua responded ורופיסב ותנווכ םא וריבחל םדא ןיבד םינינעב
to Hashem: “Lord Of The Universe, who is the individual who sinned?”
and G‑d answered him back “and do you think I Am an informer? Go and .רוסא דיאל חומשל
cast lots (to determine who the sinner is).” Rashi explains there that the
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word “informer” means “a gossip.”
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Similarly this idea is brought down in Tanna De’Vei Eliyahu (Rabbah) (18 .בא 'י ,'ב רדא ט"כ ,ולסכ 'כ - תרבועמ הנש :ימוי חול
perek) when Yehoshua asked Hashem to disclose the identity of the sinner םייחה רוקמ
and Hashem responded “What’s with you Yehoshua, do you think that
today I will speak Lashon Hara to you?” Ostensibly this entire dialogue אוּה ,תלעוֹתל ןוּכיֶּשׁ ,ליֵעל וּנבַתכֶּשׁ ,יִשׁיִמחה טרְָפּה .ד
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is incredible. Someone like Achan, whose sin was so very severe, that
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he took booty for himself from the city of Jericho against G‑d’s explicit אוּהֶשׁ ,םיִשׁנאה םִא )ל"צ אלֹ( יֵעבִּמ אל וּניהדּ ,ראבנֶּשׁ וֹמכּ
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command not to take any booty, and because he violated Hashem’s Will,
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later on Jewish soldiers died in battle of Ai. That he had forcible relations קזּנּהו קָשׁענּהו לזגנּל רֹזֲעל )די( םֵה םיִלוֹכְי םֶהיֵנְפִל רֵפַּסְמ
with a girl sanctified to another man and that he transgressed all five books וּלִּפאו .ןכּ רבדּה תוֹשֲׂעל ןוֹכנ יאדּובּ ,םנינִעבּ שׁיּבְּתִמּהו
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of the Torah, as Chazal teach in Gemara Sanhedrin (44a). Do you think
קרַ )וט( ,וֹרוּפִּס ידְֵי לַע ַעיִגַּהְל לַכוּתּ אלֹ תאֹזַּה תֶלֶעוֹתַּה םִא
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54 Quoting from the ‘Mazal Elul’ English translation of the Chafetz Chayim’s ,וּעְמְשׁיֶּשׁכּ עַשׁרֶ ךְרֶדִּמ םדא ינבּ וּקחרְַתיֶּשׁ ןוּכְּתִמ אוּהֶשׁ
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Kuntres Zechor LeMiryam, 25 perek: “And when Yehoshua asked HaKadosh
Baruch Hu- “Tell me who the sinner is,” ostensibly there should not have
been any greater mitzvah than publicizing the identity of this man. Therefore 58 As the prophet says (Melachim-Beit: 10:30) “Because you have fulfilled
HaKadosh Baruch Hu answered Yehoshua- “And do you think I am an My will to destroy the House of Achav, four generations of your children
informer? Go and cast lots” to determine his identity, and He did not want to will rule as kings over the tribes of Israel.”
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