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Introduction to םייח ץפח רפס
Sefer Chafetz Chayim ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
Laveen - L1 'ב ללכ - םייחה רוקמ

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לכבּ אתלתּ יֵפַּאבּ ערָָה ןוֹשׁל ןידּ רַאֹבי הז ללכבּ
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.םיפיִעס ג"י וֹבוּ ,ויָטרָפּ
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Daily Halacha: 10 Tishri, 9 Shevat, 9 Sivan; Leap Year- 10 Tishri, 19 Shevat, 28 Eyar
Mekor Hachayim
L1. Someone who talks about (1) a fellow Jew violates a Lav, an
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explicit prohibition of the Torah, namely (Vayikrah 19:16) “Do not ,תמא אוּהֶשׁ ףא ,וֹרבח לע ערָה ןוֹשׁל רפּסל רוּסא )א( .א
go tale-bearing about another Jew.” Who is called a “tale-bearer?” וּבּרְַתיֶּשׁ לכו .םיִבּרַ ינְפִבּ ןכֶּשׁ לכו .דיִחי ינְפִבּ וּלִּפא
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The one who learns about things and goes from place-to-place
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saying “This is what he said about you,” or “This is what I heard he רֵתוֹי הנּגְּתִמ וֹרבחֶשׁ ינְפִּמ ,רפּסְמה ןוֲֹע הבּרְַתי ,םיִעְמוֹשּׁה
did to you.” Even though these statements might be true, this type לעֶשׁ םגּ ,םיִשׁנא המּכּ ינְפִבּ וֹתוּנגּ םסרְפְּתנֶּשׁ ,הז ידֵי לע
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of language destroys the world. There is an even greater sin that
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is included in this Lav and that is the sin of Lashon Hara, making ערָה ןוֹשׁל תעיִמְשׁ רוּסִּאבּ םיִשׁנא המּכּ ליִשׁכמ הז ידֵי
remarks that degrade a fellow Jew, even if the remarks are truthful.
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But someone who speaks lies is termed one who slanders another .)םיקִסוֹפּה לכּ תמכּסה(
Jew (and the punishment is more severe than speaking Lashon
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,הָשׁלְֹשׁ ינְפִבּ רמוֹל ל"זח ירֵבדִבּ רֵתּה אצְמנֶּשּׁ המוּ .ב
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ינְשׁ וֹל שׁי וֹלֶּשׁ רוּבּדּהו רוּמגּ יאנגּ וּנּניאֶשׁ רבדבּ )ב( וּניה
Be’er Mayim Chayim
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(L1) Someone who talks about another Jew: Everything written
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here is explained in the 7 perek of the Rambam's Hilchot De'Aut and in הָשׁלְֹשׁ ינְפִבּ רמוֹל ל"זח וּהוּריִתִּה הזבּ ,וֹרוּפִּס תֵעבּ רפּסְמה
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apparent from their commentaries that this Lav is inclusive of both Lashon יאדּובּ עדֵוֹי ,הָשׁלְֹשׁ ינְפִבּ םירִבדּה רֵמוֹאֶשׁ ןויכּ ,וּהוּלָתו
Hara and Rechilut \ gossip \ tale-bearing. This conclusion is explicit in the ךָרְבחֶשׁ( הּל תיִא ארָבח ךְרָבחדּ ,וינזאל םירִבדּה וּאוֹביֶּשׁ
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Lashon Hara. Please see the second section of this volume that explains הרָיִמא תֵעבּ וֹמצע תא רֵמוֹשׁ אוּה ןכּ לעו ,)וֹל שׁי רבח -
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the laws of gossip, in particular the prohibition against gossip, both in the
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Mekor Chayim and in the Be'er Mayim Chayim. .יאנגּ ןוֹשׁל וֹנוֹשׁלִּמ רכּנִמ היהי אלֶֹּשׁ ןפֹאבּ ,רמוֹל
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