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Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Yud - Halachah 11 אי הכלה - י ללכ

I have the resources to inform on them to the government, am I allowed to אבהל לע תלעות אנוה בר ירבדמ אצי אל ןאכ
do so?” In sending this letter we see that Mar Ukvah did not disclose the
names of these men even though they were threatening him. Therefore, כ"ג ותנוכ התיה אלו ,רתוי ותוא בונגי אלש
we are forced to conclude the law is as I stated it (and one may not use ,יאנגה ומצע לעמ תוחדל קר ןנברה והוחיכויש
Lashon Hara as a defense if there can be no useful result) since nothing
useful could have come from Mar Ukvah disclosing their identities to אוהש ףא רחא לע ר"השל רפסל אמלעב רוסא הזד
Rebbe Elazar and thus he declined to make that disclosure. Therefore one היארו ,ומצע לעמ יאנג תוחדל קר ותנוכו תמא
must be extremely careful in this regard.
ןועמש 'ר היל רמאד )ב"ע ד"סק ףד( ב"במ הזל
היבתכ אטייח אדוהי היתבתכ אנא ואל יברל יברב
Hagahah
קר היה ותנווכד ףא הזה ערה ןושלמ ךלכ יבר ל"או
Similarly there is no challenge against this statement of the law using אנוה ברל רתומ היה ךאיה כ"או ,ומצע תא ליצהל
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as a basis for a question the Gemara Bechorot (30b) “Rebbe Yehudah
and Rebbe Yossi had a question regarding a matter of ritual cleanliness \ תורומזה ותאמ בנוג סיראהש המ םהינפל רפסל
Taharot and sent two scholars to Rebbe Chaninah Ben Antignos to resolve הז םג ולזג דחאש רפסלד םינפב ונטלחהש המ יפל
the question. They went to him and posed the question. While he was
thinking about a resolution, Rebbe Chaninah Ben Antignos asked his .אוה ר"השל ללכב
students to keep an eye on these two scholars. The scholars returned to
Rebbe Yehudah and Rebbe Yossi and told them what happened. Rebbe ה"דב שריפ י"שרד 'א ,אישוק וניא הז תמאב לבא
Yossi answered them and said, “Let their dignity (Rebbe Chaninah Ben
Antignos and his father) remain in place undisturbed,” etc. אוהש םכיניעב דושח וניא יכו ל"זו יל בינג אק אה

Now, on what basis did these two scholars tell Rebbe Yehudah and Rebbe ויהש י"שר תנווכו ,וקלחמ רתוי הברה יל בנוג
Yossi that their honor was offended, that they were not trusted to observe ןיא כ"או בנג אוהש סיראהל ןנברה ותוא ןיריכמ
Taharot (and it would be very strained to answer these two scholars were
comparable to agents of the Beit Din and that their report was exempt from אהל םישרפמ ונייה םא וליפאו .ר"השל הזב ךייש
the laws of the esur of Lashon Hara)? [Answer] Here too it is possible תנוכד ונירבדל אישק אל ה"פא היטשפכ בינג אקד
to answer that in relating their story they had no intention of demeaning
Rebbe Chaninah Ben Antignos, that their remarks were made in order to אלו ,יאנגה ומצע לעמ תוחדל קר התיה אנוה בר
achieve a useful outcome. (There intention was) that Rebbe Yehudah and לעמ תוחדל ידכ םתהד ,ל"נה ב"בד איההל ימד

ויתבתכ אל בישהל יברב ןועמש 'רל היל יוה ומצע
2 The Gemara Bechorot (30b) is discussing the observance of the ritual יאנגה תא ליטהל ול היה המלו ומצע תא ליצהל
cleanliness of the hands and other rules of ritual cleanliness \ Taharot.
Someone who wants to become a Torah Scholar must assure the rabbis that כ"אשמ ,םש ם"בשר שריפש ומכו אטייח אדוהי לע
he will observe all of these rules of Taharot. Rebbe Yochanan said that this
teaching was being taught during the epoch of the son of Chaninah Ben
Antignos. Rebbe Yehudah and Rebbe Yossi had a question regarding this 68 Alternatively (Babba Batra 164b): Rebbe Shimon the son of Rebbe showed
matter and sent two scholars to obtain an answer from Rebbe Chaninah Ben a Shtar Mekushar to his father who commented it was not written properly
Antignos. They found him carrying food that was prepared in an environment (and he identified Rebbe Yehudah Chayata as the person who wrote it) to
of Taharot. He asked some of his own disciples to sit with them (actually to which Rebbe responded to Rebbe Shimon, “Stop speaking Lashon Hara.”

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