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Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפס
Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Aleph ןישע - םייחה רוקמ

badly about someone, as was explained in the Introduction. (Please רוּסִּאבּ ןיִלָשׁכנ וּיהי םִא ,םוֹקמ לכִּמ ,)'א ףיִעס( ל"נּה ןמיִסּבּ
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see the Introduction).
םה ,שׁרָדְִמּה תיבבּ תוּליִכרְוּ ערָה ןוֹשׁל וֹא לוּתִּהו קוֹחְשׂ
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Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 299 וֹרוּסִּאֵמ דבל ,"וּארָיִתּ יִשׁדּקְִמ"דּ הֵשֲׂע תוצִמ לע םירִבוֹע
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ןטקָ ףיִעס א"נק ןמיִסבּ( "םהרָבא ןגמּ"ה בַתכֶּשׁ וֹמכוּ ,יִמצעה
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K1/3. All of these laws are relevant even if the speaker’s
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remarks were made in casual passing. But heaven forbid, if this ארָוֹמ לע ןירִהזמ םניא םיִמכח ידֵיִמלַתּה )יִכו( וּטּאדּ ,)'ב
person constantly talks about other people, like those people who ,קחֹדִּמ היִּתְשׁוּ הליִכא אלּא ,םהל רַתּה אלֹו ,שׁדּקְִמּה
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routinely sit together (5) and talk about so-and-so’s doings or so-
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and-so’s ancestors doings or I heard “xyz” about so and so… and לֹכאל וּכרְטצי םִא ,שׁרָדְִמּה תיבבּ םידְִמוֹל םהֶשׁ ךְוֹתִּמ
“xyz” has a disparaging edge, Chachamim identify these people ,םדוּמִּלִּמ הז ידֵי לע וּלְטּבְּתי ,שׁרָדְִמּה תיבל ץוּח תוֹתְּשִׁלו
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as Ba’alei Lashon Hara, people who habitually speak Lashon
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Hara, and their punishment is exceedingly more horrible than a םניאֶשׁ ,םירִוּבּדּ םַתס ןינִעלוּ ."םהרָבא ןגמּ"בּ םָשׁ ןיּע
casual speaker of Lashon Hara because these habitual speakers המּבּ ןיּע ,שׁרָדְִמּה תיבבּ םיִמכח ידֵיִמלַתל ,תוּנציל לֶשׁ
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of Lashon Hara are contemptuously and maliciously violating
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Hashem’s commandments. They have rationalized what they are .*'ג קלחבּ 'ה תרַזעבּ וּנבַתכֶּשׁ
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doing and now see it as being perfectly normal and permissible as I
explained at the end of the Introduction (in the third curse \ “Arur”).
Regarding these kinds of people, David HaMelech says in Tehilim
(12:4) “Hashem will annihilate those smooth talkers, those who אוּה תוּליִכרְה וֹא ערָה ןוֹשׁלה רפּסְמֶּשׁ יִמ לע םִאו )ח(
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speak haughtily.”
Mekor Hachayim Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 299 ,"ןקֵז ינְפּ ָתּרְדַהו"דּ )ב"ל ט"י ארָקְיּו( הֵשֲׂע תוצִמ לע דוֹע
רבוֹע ,ץרֶאה םע ןקֵז אוּה וּלִּפא )ח( ,וינפבּ הזבּ וּהנּגו ,ןקֵז
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וינפלדּ "הביֵשּׂ"אדּ ל"זרַ וּשׁרְפּ ָתּרְדַהו יאה ,םכח וּניה ארָקְדּ ןקֵזֶּשׁ ףאו(
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K1/4. Chachamim Z”L have taught (6) that three sins in particular
cause a person to be punished in his lifetime and to have no Olam
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ךְרֶדֶבּ וֹל רבּדַל וּניהדּ ,םירִבדּ דוּבִּכּ אוּה רוּדִּהֶשׁ ,)יאקָ יֵמּנ
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Haba; these three sins are murder, adultery and other illicit relations
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ןכו .וֹרדּהְמ וֹניא יאדּובּ ,וּהנּגְמֶּשׁ םוֹקמבוּ .תוּנדְאו דוֹבכּ
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and idol-worship, but the sin of Lashon Hara is comparable to them
all together in severity and in punishment. Chazal bring proof to this
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teaching from the writings of the Ketuvim. The Rishonim explain
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המכח הנקֶּשׁ הז :ןניִשׁרְדדְִכּ ,םכח וּניה ארָקְדּ ןקֵזדּ ,וֹז
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that this statement refers to people who continually speak about הֵשֲׂע תוצִמ לע ןכּ םגּ רבוֹע ,ןקֵז וֹניא וּלִּפא ,םכח אוּה םִא
others so easily, they are so used to it, that it becomes second nature
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to them and they believe they are doing something permissible. ידֵיִמלַתּ הזּבְמדּ ,רוּמחה רוּסִּאל הז ידֵי לע אבּ םיִמעְפּ המּכֶּשּׁ המ דבלוּ(
Because they’ve rationalized their speech to believe it is permissible םִא הזבּ ךְירִאנ ןמּקַלוּ ,ןידּ יִפּ לע סרֵוֹקיִפּא ללכִבּ הזבּ סנכנֶּשׁ ,םיִמכח
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(they will not even try to stop it and they continue speaking Lashon
Hara).
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