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Introduction to 4 VOL-1 םייח ץפח רפס
Sefer Chafetz Chayim ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Aseen ןירורא - םייחה רוקמ

using the translations of our holy books, for example, “Duties of רמוּמ ארָקְנ אוּהו ,הרָוֹתּה לכּ תא םיּקַל וֹמצע לע לבּקַי
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the Heart” or “Menorat HaMaor” that draw a person’s heart closer
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to Hashem and increase his awe of HaKadosh Baruch Hu. But he לע רבוֹע שׁפנ טאְשִׁבֶּשׁ ןויכּ ,הז ידֵי לע דחא רבדל )ד(
should not sit idle from learning Torah and come to speak Lashon וֹלצא 'ה תרַוֹתּ לֶשׁ הז רבדּ קיזחמ אוּהו ,הזּה רוּמחה רוּסִּא
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Hara and Rechilut.
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לוֹדגּ ןכּ לעו ,הּלּכּ הרָוֹתּה לכל רמוּמ ראְשׁ וֹמכּ ,רקְֵפהל
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I have seen a commentary written by the Vilna Gaon (in the newly
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revised Kol Eliyahu-in the third perek of Avot) where he explains .אוֹשׂנִּמ וֹנוֲֹע
what is the definition of “judgment” and what is the definition
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of “accounting.” “Judgment” refers to the actual sin committed. הערָ הדִּמ ידֵי לע אוֹבל ןייוּצְמה ןירִוּרא 'ג וּנבַשִּׁח ירֲֵה
“Accounting” refers to a reckoning of the time spent in committing .וֹזּה
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that sin that could have been used instead to perform mitzvot. Woe
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unto us on the day of our judgment, what can we possibly answer רבוֹע ,וֹמִּאו ויִבא לע היה ערָה ןוֹשׁלה ,הליִלחו סח ,םִאו(
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in our defense as HaKadosh Baruch Hu reckons with us all of the
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wasted time spent in idle conversation criticizing other people or הלקְמ רוּרא" :)ז"ט ז"כ םירִבדּ( אוּהו ,יִעיִברְ רוּרא לע דוֹע
nonsense or Lashon Hara or gossip, all of that time that instead רוֹקְמִבּ ד"וֹי תוֹא ןיִשֲׂעבּ ליֵעל וּנרְאבֶּשׁ וֹמכוּ ,"וֹמִּאו ויִבא
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should have been spent learning Torah. The Vilna Gaon writes in
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his commentary “She'naut Eliyahu” (the first perek of Peh’ah, the .)םָשׁ ןיּע ,םייּח םימ ראבִבוּ םייּחה
first mishnah in the unabridged edition) quoting the Yerushalmi that
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the truth is for every single word of Torah learned one earns another וֹבּ ,רוּראדּ" ).ו"ל ףדּ( תוֹעוּבְשִׁבּ ארָמגּה רמאמ ַעוּדיו
mitzvah by fulfilling the positive commandment to learn Torah and אלֶֹּשׁ וֹמצעבּ עדֵוֹיֶּשׁ ,שׁיִא לכּ ןכל .'וּכו "יוּדּנ וֹבּ ,הללקְ
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that if one learns a chapter of Mishnah or a page of Gemara he has סח ,ילוּא וֹשְׁפנבּ דרֵח תוֹיהִל ךְירִצ ,הזּה רמּה ןוֹעֵמ רהזנ
Mekor Hachayim that were lost because of time that was squandered in nonsense and לֶשׁ רמּה אְטח ידֵי לע בבּסנ םיִערָ םינינִע המּכּ דוֹעו
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earned for himself several hundred mitzvot. Then understand the
thousands of words of Torah, each one representing another mitzvah,
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רפסבּ בַתכֶּשּׁ המ ןיֵעכוּ ,הז לע םימָשּׁבּ וּהוּדּנ ,םוֹלָשׁו
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in place of these mitzvot substitute the thousands of sins (missed
learning) that were created by that squandered time. (Please see the
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second Hagahah below)
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,סעכּה תדִּמוּ העוּרגּה תוּיּרִזכאה תדִּמ ,ןוֹגכּ ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל
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How much even more so if in the time that one who separates
himself from learning Torah he comes to speak Lashon Hara and
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similar language that is forbidden. For every remark he makes
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תוֹערָ תוֹדִּמ ירֵאְשִׁלו תוּנצילל הז ידֵי לע אבּ םיִמעְפּ המּכּ
denigrating someone he violates another Lav, as is explained in םגו ,):ה"ק ףדּ( תבַּשׁבּ ל"זח וּגיִלְפִהֶשׁ וֹמכּ ,רוּמח ןוֹע אוּהֶשׁ
Gemara Makot (21a) “don’t wear,” and as is also explained by .ןהבּ אצוֹיּכּ
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Rabbeinu Yonah. If you just consider the sins of not learning Torah
while speaking Lashon Hara, they will have totaled several hundred ןיִבהל לכוּנ הנּמִּמֶּשׁ ,תאֹזּה החיִתְפּה ירֵבדּ לכּ לע ,ןכּ לַע
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Laveen and Aseen. Therefore one must be very careful not to speak
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meaninglessly or trivially. הרָאבּ ,תוּליִכרְוּ ערָה ןוֹשׁל ידֵי לע אבּה לוּקלִקּה לדֶֹגּ תא
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