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Introduction to החיתפ
Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפסל
Laveen - L7
ד ואל - ןיואל

sins and merits were equally balanced in numbers and a desecration of שׁי ךְא .הרָוֹתּבּ ןיִשׁרָֹפְמה ןיואל לע רֹבֲעיֶּשׁ ,וֹרבח ינְפִל
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Hashem's honor was among the sins, that sin alone would tip the balance
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scales against him (Mishnayot Avot, 4 perek, 4 mishnah). Even if one הז ואלבּ רבוֹע רפּסְמהדּ ,הזבּ לבּקְַמהו רפּסְמה ןיבּ קוּלִּח
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desecrated Hashem's honor privately he would be punished publicly and it
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would not matter if it was done intentionally or unintentionally. וּבּרְַתיֶּשׁ לכּ הבּרַדּאו ,םיִטעוּמ וֹא םיִבּרַ םיִעְמוֹשּׁה םִא ןיבּ
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Understand clearly that this Lav of “Do not cause My Holy Name to לוֹשׁכִמ ןֵתוֹנ אוּה יִכּ ,הזּה ואלּה וילע הבּרְַתי ,םיִעְמוֹשּׁה
be desecrated” is relevant in each of the eight qualities because this sin
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extends to all of these eight circumstances. רבוֹע וֹניאדּ רָשׁפא ,לבּקְַמה ןכ אלֹ .םיִשׁנא המּכּ ינְפִל
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ערָה ןוֹשׁלה הָתּע וּנּמִּמ עֵמוֹשׁ וֹדּבל אוּה םִא קרַ ,הז ואלבּ
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וֹל היה אלֹ ,וֹלצאֵמ הָתּע ךְלוֹה היה וּלִּאו ,תוּליִכרְה וֹא
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Daily Halacha: 13 Tishri, 12 Shevat, 12 Sivan; Leap Year- 13 Tishri, 22 Shevat, 2 Sivan
Mekor Hachayim וידעלִבּ שׁי םִא לבא ,וֹלֶּשׁ אָשׁיִבּ אנָשִּׁלּה רפּסל יִמ לא
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L7. There are circumstances where the speaker also violates (7) עֵמוֹשּׁה רבוֹע ןיאדּ ,רָשְׁפא ,הֶשֲׂעמ תֵעבּ םירִחא םיִעְמוֹשׁ
the Lav of (Vayikrah 19:17) “Do not hate your fellow Jew secretly
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in your heart.” For example, if someone greets his friend pleasantly החיִתְפִבּ םיִשׁרָֹפְמה םירִחא ןיואל לע םִא יִכּ ,הז ואל לע
but in his absence, while in the presence of other people, he degrades .םייּח םימ ראבִבּ ןיּעו ,וֹז
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his friend, and all the more so if he tells other people not to tell this
friend what he said about him, he is most certainly in violation of
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this Lav. ןוֹשׁארִה לבא ,רוּפִּסּה תלחְתה רחא אבּ םִא הז לכו
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העוּמְשּׁה לא ךְכּ רחא וּאבֶּשׁ ףא ,וינפל רפּסל ליִחְתִהֶשׁ VOL-1
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Be’er Mayim Chayim לכבּ( ינוגּ לכבּ רבוֹע יאדּובּ ,םיִשׁנא דוֹע תאֹזּה הערָה
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(L7) circumstances where the speaker also violates … do not .רוּסִּאה לחְתה וֹדי לע יִכּ )םינפאה
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hate secretly: Even though the Gemara Arachin (16b) teaches that the
Torah is describing someone who hates secretly in his heart. This is also the
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view of the Rambam in Sefer HaMadah, Hilchot De'Aut, in the 5 halacha אלֶֹּשׁ ,הלּאכּ תוֹרוּבחֵמ דֹאְמ רהזִּהל ךְירִצ םינפּ לכּ לַעו
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of the 6 perek, as follows: Someone who hits a fellow Jew or curses him, ֶ ֵ ָ ֲ ֵ ָ ְ ָ ִ ָ ָ
even though it is not permitted, still he does not violate the Lav of “Do עַשׁרֶ תרַוּבח םֵשׁבּ ןיִבָתּכנ םלּכּ הלְעמל יִכּ ,םהמִּע בֵשׁיל
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not secretly hate.” The Rambam is specifically addressing one who curses
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another Jew and even if this Jew who curses hates his fellow Jew to the הוִּצֶּשׁ לוֹדגּה רזעיִלא יִבּרַ תאוּצבּ )בוּתכּ( אָתיִא ןכ יִכּ
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point of provoking him, still this person knows how to protect himself 6
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from him (to stay away from him). But when someone hates secretly, תוֹרוּבחבּ בֵשֵׁתּ לא ,ינבּ :וֹנוֹשׁל הזו ,וֹנבּ סוּנקְרְוֹהל
in his heart, and it is not apparent, it can cause far more damage to the הלְעמל םיִלוֹע םירִבדּהֶשׁכּ יִכּ ,םהירֵבחֵמ יאנגּ םירְִמוֹאה
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“victim” because he is not aware and has no way of protecting himself.
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Therefore the Torah specifically forbids this mindset of hatred. In this תרַוּבח םֵשׁבּ ןיִבָתּכנ םָשׁ םידְִמוֹעה לכו ,ןיִבָתּכנ רפסּבּ -
regard there are two negative factors: (1) that one person hates another
to the point where he can act upon that hatred and (2) this other person .עַשׁרֶ
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