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

this Torah to perform them”(3) meaning, cursed is the person who ,וּננּמזִבּ זנכְּשׁא ןוֹשׁלִל םיקִָתְּעמּה שׁדֶקֹ ירְֵפִס דֹמלִל לוֹכי
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refuses to conduct his life as the Torah commands us. This person
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is called a mumar (4), an apostate because he denies this one ,הזבּ אצוֹיּכו "רוֹאמּה תרַוֹנְמ"וּ "תוֹבבלּה תוֹבוֹח" ןוֹגכּ
commandment since at the moment that he could have held back ,אוּה ךְוּרבּ שׁוֹדקּה לֶשׁ וֹתארְי םדאה בבלִבּ םיִסינכמּה
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from sinning and didn't, he violates this profound esur. When one
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blithely ignores and trivializes this mitzvah of Hashem's Torah he .תוּליִכרְוּ ערָה ןוֹשׁל רפּסלוּ הרָוֹתּה ןִמ לֵטבּ בֵשׁיל אלֹו
is cursed with the same severity as someone who denies the entire
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Torah and his sin is unbearably great. קרֶפּ תוֹבא ,שׁדחה וּהיִּלא לוֹק( א"רָגּה םֵשׁבּ בוּתכּ יִתיִארָ ןכו
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We have now mentioned the three curses that befall someone who לע וּניה ןידּ :שׁרַפוּ ,ןוֹבְּשׁח וּהמוּ ןידּ וּהמ שׁרַפֶּשׁ ,)'ג
has this evil character trait.
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לע ןידּה תֵעבּ וֹמִּע ןיִבְשּׁחְמֶּשׁ וּניה ןוֹבְּשׁחו ,הּמצע הרָבֲע
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(And G-d forbid if the Lashon Hara was directed against one’s וּנל יוֹאו .הוצִמ םיּקַל לוֹכי היהֶשׁ ,הרָבֲע רבעֶשׁ ןמזּה
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father or mother, there is a fourth curse that will befall him (Devarim
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27:16) “Cursed is the person who degrades his father and mother.” ךְוּרבּ שׁוֹדקּה בֹשׁחי קרַ םִא וּלִּפא ,הנֲענּ המ ,ןידּה םוֹיִּמ
Please see my commentary on the 10 Aseh in the Mekor Chayim לֶשׁ הלֵטבּ החיִשׂ וּנרְבּדֶּשׁ ,עגרֶו עגרֶ לכּ לע וּנמִּע אוּה
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and in the Be’er Mayim Chayim).
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לֶשׁ ןוֹעה לע ערָה ןוֹשׁלו תוּליִכרְ וֹא שׁארֹ תוּלּקַו יאנגּ
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There is a well-known teaching of Chazal in Gemara Shv’uot הבֵתּ לכבּ תמאבּ יִכּ ,דבלִבּ ןמזּה הזבּ הרָוֹתּה תַשׁירְִפּ
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(36a) that the word “cursed” includes “damned and repudiated”
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and also includes “excommunicated and ostracized.” Accordingly, ינְפִבּ הֵשֲׂע תוצִמ םיּקְַמ אוּה הרָוֹתּה דוּמִּל לֶשׁ הבֵתו
everyone who knows that he has not been careful to avoid this bitter
Mekor Hachayim what is written in the Sefer Chareidim regarding degrading one’s וּהיִּלא תוֹנְשִׁבּ ל"ז א"רָגּה בַתכֶּשׁ וֹמכּ תוֹצִמ תוֹאֵמ המּכּ
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םיּקְַמ אוּה ,ארָמגּ ףדּ וֹא תוֹינְשִׁמ קרֶפּ דֵמוֹל םִאו ,הּמצע
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sin should now be in great fear for his soul that maybe, Gd forbid,
Heaven has excommunicated him because of it. This is similar to
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םִאו ,יִמלַשׁוּריה םֵשׁבּ )ךְוֹראה שׁוּרפּבּ 'א הנְשִׁמ( האפדּ 'א קרֶפּ
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father or mother. (Please see that reference).
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,הרָוֹתּ לֶשׁ תוֹשׁוֹדקְ תוֹבֵתּ םיִפלא המּכּ ןוֹבְּשׁחל אוֹבנ ןכּ
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There are several other evil things that can evolve from this profound
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,םידַיּבּ וּנלטִּבֶּשׁ הבּרַ הוצִמ איִה הּמצע ינְפִבּ תחא לכֶּשׁ
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sin of Lashon Hara such as terrible cruelty and anger which are
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themselves profound sins, as Chazal stated in Gemara Shabbat
הֵשֲׂע תוצִמ לוּטִּבּ לֶשׁ תוֹנוֲֹע םיִפלא המּכּ וּנסנכִה םדּגנכוּ
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(105b). Often this kind of speech can lead to mockery and cynicism
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.*אפוּגּ הזּה תֵעבּ הרָוֹתּ דוּמלַתדּ
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and other similarly bad character traits.
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Therefore, from everything that has been said in the Introduction, one וֹמצע שׁרֵוֹפּ אוּהֶשׁ ,הזּה תֵעבֶּשׁ המּכו המּכּ תחא לַעו
can understand the magnitude of the destruction that can come from לכבּ יִכּ ,הזל המוֹדּכו ערָה ןוֹשׁל רפּסְמ אוּה הרָוֹתּה ןִמ
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Lashon Hara or gossip. The Torah therefore illustrated this esur and
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gave us a Lav that is more explicit for this bad character trait more לע רבוֹע וֹרבח לע רפּסְמ אוּהֶשׁ תוּנגּ לֶשׁ רוּפִּסו רוּפִּס
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