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Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפס
Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Kelal Beit 'ב ללכ - םייחה רוקמ

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and mitzvot. G-d should protect us from coming into any contact with ,ןוֹגכּ .הזבּ אצוֹיּכּ לכל שׁיקִנ הזִּמוּ ,דחא רבדּ ריַּצנוּ(
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this type of critic or his friends who listen to this mocker who is a master
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of Lashon Hara, and they remain silent (and implicitly agree with him). ,אצְמִתּ םָשׁ :ביִשֵׁמ אוּהו ?שׁא אצְמנ היּא :וֹל ןיִלאוֹשֶּׁשׁ
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Chazal have taught (Gemara Avodah Zara 18b) that anyone who ridicules
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Torah will experience tragedies in their lives. So too, one who listens וֹתרָיִמא יִפל יוּלָתּ הז רבדדּ .םיגדו רָשׂבּ דיִמָתּ ןיִלְשּׁבְמֶּשׁ
and remains silent will be punished (Gemara Shabbat 33a). (Please see a יאנגּ וֹבּ ןיאֶשׁ ןוֹשׁלבּ הז איִצוֹמ ,הצוֹר םִא ,הֶשֲׂעמ תעְשִׁבּ
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further reference in the 8 Kelal, in the 4 halacha) where I explained at
length the enormity of the sin of one who belittles a Torah scholar). וֹל שׁיֶּשׁ ,ןוֹגכּ ,הלוע וֹבּ ןיא םיִמעְפִל תמאבדּ ,וֹרבחל
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,ברַ ןוֹה וֹל שׁיֶּשׁ אוּה ךְוּרבּ שׁוֹדקּה וֹרזֲעו ,הבּרְה תיבּ ינבּ
Mekor Hachayim
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:וֹלאוֹשׁ אוּהו ,המוֹדּכו םיִחרְוֹא לֶשׁ אינסכא קיזחמֶּשׁ וֹא
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Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 461 ,שׁא הָתּע אצְמִתּ אלֹ :וֹל ביִשֵׁמ אוּהו ?שׁא אצְמנ היּא
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K2/13. If a person disclosed information (26) to a fellow Jew in לכו ,ל"נּכּ וֹתנוּכו דיִמָתּ ןיִלְשּׁבְמֶּשׁ ינוֹלְפּ תיבבּ םִא יִכּ
the presence of three people, and the information concerned his ןפֹאבּ יוּלָתּ ערָה ןוֹשׁל קבא ינינִעבּ )כ"וֹמכוּ( אנוגּ יאה יִכּ
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business or a personal matter, information that normally (27) would
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be forbidden to be disclosed to an outside third party, because doing וֹתוֹא איִצוֹמ םִא לבא )ג( .וֹרוּבּדּ תֵעבּ רפּסְמה תרַיִמא
so could cause harm or distress to this person if it became known. תדּעסִבּ הבּרְמ אוּהֶשׁ ,וֹתנוּכֶּשׁ רכּנִמדּ ,ויָתוֹעוּנְתִבוּ וֹלוֹקבּ
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But because it was disclosed in the presence of three other people,
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implicitly this person is not concerned about the information being יכה וּלִּפא ,רוּמגּ יאנגּ וּנּניא הז רבדֶּשׁ ףא ,דיִמָתּ תוּערְֵמ
spread. Therefore it is permissible for the listener to disclose this רוּסאו ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל קבא ל"זח וּהוּארָקְ )ןכ יִפּ לע ףא :שׁוּרפּ(
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Mekor Hachayim disclosure of the information (as long as the speaker does not care ינְפִבּ וֹרבח לע תוּנגּ )ה( רפִּס דחא םִאדּ )ד( ,םירְִמוֹא שׁי .ג
information to a third party, providing the person who revealed it in
the first place does not explicitly express any reservations about the
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that the information is being told to others). However, none of the
conditions may be ignored (28) that allowed the leniency of “in the
presence of three people” in repeating this disclosed information.
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These conditions are explained above in this Kelal in the discussion
of this leniency. Please refer to the discussion of this subject in the
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,ל"נּכו ערָה ןוֹשׁל רוּסִּא לע יאדּובּ רבע אוּהדּ ףא ,הָשׁלְֹשׁ
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Be’er Mayim Chayim.
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רפִּס ,הז רבדּ עמָשֶּׁשׁ ,הָשׁלְֹשּׁהֵמ דחא םִא ןכ יִפּ לע ףא
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,ערָה ןוֹשׁל רוּסִּא לע הזבּ רבע אלֹ ,םירִחאל ךְכּ רחא
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עמְשׁנ רבכּ אליֵמִּמ ,הזִּמ םיִעדְוֹי הָשׁלְֹשׁדּ ןויכדּ םעטִּמ
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יוּשׂעה רבדבוּ ,הּל תיִא ארָבח ךְרָבחדּ ,לֹכּל עדַוֹנו רבדּה
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.ערָה ןוֹשׁל םוּשִּׁמ הרָוֹתּה הרָסא אלֹ תוֹלּגְּתִהל
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