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Introduction to םייח ץפח רפס
Sefer Chafetz Chayim ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Aseen 'א ללכ - םייחה רוקמ

drinking with them, to engage in business ventures that would earn וֹנוֹצרְִבּ וֹמצעֵמ רפִּס םִא ןיבּ ,רוּפִּסּה רוּסִּאבּ קוּלִּח ןיא .ה
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profit for them (to allow them to support themselves) and to create
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opportunities to be with them. All this should be done in order to רפִּסֶּשׁ דע וֹריִצְפִהו םירִבדְִבּ וֹרבח וילע דמע )ז( םִא ןיבוּ
observe them and learn from their actions and speech the proper ביּחְמֶּשׁ ,וֹבּרַ וֹא ויִבא )ח( וּלִּפאו .רוּסא םוֹקמ לכִּמ ,וֹל
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way to conduct our lives. But if one goes out and does the exact
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opposite and joins the company of evil people and socializes with )ט( םה םִא ,םהירֵבדּ רֹתּסִל אלֶֹּשׁ ,םארָוֹמבוּ םדוֹבכִבּ
them, he is most certainly in violation of this Aseh. (Please see the
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following Hagahah). ,עדֵוֹי אוּהו ,ינוֹלְפוּ ינוֹלְפּ ןינִע םהל רפּסיֶּשׁ וּנּמִּמ וּשְׁקִּבּ
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קרַ וּלִּפא וֹא ערָה ןוֹשׁל ידֵיִל אוֹבל חרַכי רוּפִּסּה ךְוֹתבֶּשׁ
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Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 239
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.םהל עֹמְשִׁל וֹל רוּסא ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל לֶשׁ קבאל
A7. Everything written until now has not been in the context of
speaking in the Beit Midrash (7). However, if one speaks Lashon
Hara or gossips in the Beit Midrash or in a synagogue, he violates
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the Aseh of (Vayikrah 19:30) “and you should be in awe of My holy הדִּמּבּ וֹמצע ליגּרְי אוּה םִאֶשׁ ,האוֹר אוּה םִא וּלִּפא .ו
places.” Our Authorities have decided the law is that our Batei המוֹדּכו ,לארְָשׂי לֶשׁ וֹתוּנגִבּ םלוֹעל רפּסל אלֶֹּשׁ ,תאֹזּה
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Midrash are included in this category of G‑d's holy places and we
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are commanded to be in awe of those places because His presence ,וֹתסנרְפּ ןינִעבּ לוֹדגּ דסְפה וֹל בבּסי ,םירִוּסאה םירִוּבּדִּמ
resides there. Accordingly, the only deliberations that can be made
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there must relate to mitzvot, such as calculating the amount of םהבּ ןיאֶשׁ םיִשׁנא םהו ,םירִחא תוּשׁרְ תחַתּ אוּהֶשׁ ,ןוֹגכּ
money in the public charity box and similar calculations. Most וּלּאכּ םיִשׁנא ,םיִבּרַה וּניֵתוֹנוֲֹעבֶּשׁ ,אוּה עוּדיו ,הרָוֹתּ חירֵ
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Mekor Hachayim Chayim (section #151, paragraph #11). All the more so is Lashon הֶטוֹשׁל וֹתוֹא וּקיזחי ,םָתוֹמכּ ךְכּ לכּ חוּתפּ ויִפּ ןיאֶשׁ ,יִמ
certainly nonsense would be unconditionally forbidden there as
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תא וּארְי םִאֶשׁ דע ,רוּמחה ןוֹעה הזבּ דֹאְמ םיִצוּרְפּ םה
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are mockery and empty talk, as cited in the Shulchan Aruch Orach
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Hara or gossip forbidden there because of the awe that one must
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המּבּ וֹל היהי אלֹו וֹתּרְמְשִׁמִּמ וּהוּקלּסי הז ידֵי לעו ,יִתפוּ
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have for G-d's presence which resides there, apart from the esur
itself caused by those forbidden actions or forbidden speech. One
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ראְשׁ לככּ )י( ,רוּסא ןכ יִפּ לע ףא ,וֹתיבּ ינבּ תא סנרְפל
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who speaks in these forbidden ways demonstrates that he does
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ראֹבְמכּ ,ןהילֲע רֹבֲעל אלֹו וֹל רֶשׁא לכּ ןֵתִּל ביּחְמֶּשׁ ,ןיואל
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not believe that HaKadosh Baruch Hu’s presence resides there.
This person demonstrates his arrogance by speaking in the King’s
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house, against the will of the King. (Please see the 1 Hagahah
following). st .םָשׁ ןיּע ,)ה"הגהב 'א ףיִעס ז"נק ןמיִסבּ( העדֵ הרֶוֹיבּ
Even if someone learns Torah intensively in the Beit Midrash, that
it is permitted for this person to eat and drink there, as is brought דוֹבכבּ קרַ וֹל עגוֹנ םִא ןכֶּשׁ לכדּ ,עדַיל לכוּנ הזִּמוּ .ז
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down in the Orach Chayim cited above, still if he sins by using
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language that is forbidden there, joking or mocking or Lashon Hara הצֵע וֹל ןיאו ,םיִשׁנא תרַוּבח ןיבּ בֵשׁוֹיֶּשׁ ,ןוֹגכּ ,אמלעבּ
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