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Introduction to החיתפ
Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפסל
Aseen - A6
בי השע - ןישע

Mekor Hachayim םוֹקְמִל עסִּלו ךָלֶּשׁ הרָוֹתּל םיִתִּע תוּעיִבְקּה תא תאֹזּה םעפּבּ לֵטּבל הָתּע
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A6. Everything I have written applies even if the speaker's .חיורְהל ינוֹלְפוּ ינוֹלְפּ
degrading remarks are made privately. But if the speaker gathers
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around him an audience of bad people, people who themselves are וּנֶּתיִסי ,הלְעמ הלְעמל חיִלציו אוּה ךְוּרבּ שׁוֹדקּה וֹל רֹזֲעיֶּשׁכּ ךְכּ רַחַאו
habitual speakers of Lashon Hara, in order to publicly degrade סנרְפל וֹמצעבּ וֹתּלכיִבּ היהי אלֶֹּשׁכוּ ,וֹדי תחַתּ םיִבּרַ םיקִסֲע לֹטּיֶּשׁ ,רציּה
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another Jew, or to listen to their degrading remarks about another יוּבּרִ יִפל הָתּעֶשׁ :רמאֹיו ,רחא חרֵכה רציּה וּנּארְי ,םהה םיקִסֲעה לכבּ
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Jew, He violates the Aseh (6) of (Devarim 10:20) “and cling to
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Him.” Chazal have explained the meaning of this pasuk in Gemara תחַתּ םיִבּרַ םיִשׁנא לֹטִּל חרָכמ הָתּא ,אוּה ךְוּרבּ שׁוֹדקּה ךָל ןַתנֶּשׁ םיקִסֲעה
Ketubot (111b) as clinging to the sages of the Torah, to spend time ךָל וּיהיו ,ךָיקֶסֲעבּ ךָוּתרְָשׁיֶּשׁ ידֵכּ ,וֹתדּקְֻפּ לע שׁיִא לכּ דיִמֲעהלוּ ךְָתּרְמְשִׁמ
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with them at every opportunity, even to the point of eating and רֵתוֹי ויָתוֹדרְִטו רֵתוֹיו רֵתוֹי ויקָסֲע וּבּרְַתי םוֹיו םוֹי ידִּמוּ .םיקִסֲעה לכּ דבל
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drinking with them, to engage in business ventures that would earn
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profit for them (to allow them to support themselves) and to create הבוֹטבּ וֹל ףיִסוֹי אוּה ךְוּרבּ שׁוֹדקּהֶשּׁ המ לכּ היהי רבדּ ףוֹס ,רוּצּקִבּ .רֵתוֹיו ְ
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opportunities to be with them. All this should be done in order to לֵטּבִּל ויָתוֹיִּחרֵכה יכרְדּ יִפּ לע רציּה וּנֶּתיִסי רֵתוֹי ,ויקָסֲעבּ החלצה וֹל ןֵתּיו ְ
observe them and learn from their actions and speech the proper ,רוּבִּצבּ הלִּפְתִל וּלִּפא ,יאנְפּ וֹל חינּי אלֹ ףוֹסּבלֶּשׁ דע ,הדוֹבֲעו הרָוֹתִּמ
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way to conduct our lives. But if one goes out and does the exact
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opposite and joins the company of evil people and socializes with ,םיִבּרַה ויקָסֲעו וֹדוֹבכוּ וֹרְשׁע יִפל חרָכמ אוּה יִכּ ,הז לכבּ רציּה וֹל הארְיו ְ
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them, he is most certainly in violation of this Aseh. (Please see the געלל היהי אלֶֹּשׁ ידֵכּ ,וֹתבוֹטל קרַ ןוּכְּתִמוּ תמאבּ וֹבהוֹאכּ וֹמצע תא המּדַיו ִ
following Hagahah). .הלְעמ הלְעמ הלֲעי אלֶֹּשׁכּ ,ריִעבֶּשׁ וירָבח ירֵאְשׁ ינְפִבּ ןוֹיזִּבלוּ
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ינע וּלִּפא היהיֶּשׁ ,תוּקְפַּתּסִהה תדִּמבּ רציּה וּנּליגּרְי אבּה םלוֹע ינינִעבוּ
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Hagahah םרָמאמכּ ,תוֹפִּלְקּה ןִמ רֵתסִּהל הסחמ םוֹקְמ וּלִּפא וֹל היהי אלֶֹּשׁ ,םייּנֲעבֶּשׁ
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Nowadays we see all too frequently that because of society's many sins, הנקָ - הרָוֹת ירֵבדּ וֹל הנקֶּשׁ יִמ לכֶּשׁ ,'וּכו הרָוֹתּ וֹז - הָּתיב הָתנבּ :ל"ז ַ
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you will find that after the third Shabbat meal groups of men will be סח ,אליֵמִּמוּ ,םֹנִּהיגּה אוּה ןדֵֶע ןגּה ביִבס יִכּ ,'וּכו אבּה םלוֹעל תיבּ וֹל
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learning Torah and other groups of men will be talking about idle and
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mundane matters. Most certainly this idle talk will evolve into Lashon תחַתּ ,הליִלחו סח ,תוֹיהִל אוּה חרָכמ ,ןדֵֶע ןגבּ תיבּ וֹל היהי אלֶֹּשׁכּ ,הליִלחו ְ
Hara and foolishness and unruly language and cynicism. Therefore one תוֹבּהצ םינפּ םלוֹעה הזבּ רציּה וֹל הארְהֶשׁ תחַתו ,ןלצִּל אנמחרַ תוֹפִּלְקּה ידֵי ְ
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who leaves the Torah study groups to join these men in idle conversation
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or to listen to their empty words is in violation of this Aseh of “and cling םידִגבּ שׁוּבל היהיֶּשׁ ,וילע וֹמצעבּ אוּה גרְֵטקַי םָשׁ ,המקְרִ יֵשׁוּבּלמבּ ךְליל
to Him” in addition to violating the Lav of “Do not follow the crowd to do עשׁוֹהיו" :)'ג 'ג( הירְכזִבּ שׁרָֹפְמֶּשׁ וֹמכּ ,ויָתוֹנוֲֹע תאלחֵמ םיִשֲׂענּה םיִאוֹצּה
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bad,” as I wrote above in Lav #11. Furthermore, please see above in Lav "םיִאוֹצּה םידִגבּה וּריִסה 'וֹגו ךְאלמּה ינְפִל דֵמוֹעו םיִאוֹצ םידִגבּ שׁוּבל היה
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#4 what Rebbe Eliezer told his son Hurkanos in his will.
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בֵשּׁיְתִהל ךְירִצ דֹאְמוּ דֹאְמ ןכּ לע .םיִשׁוֹדְקּה םירִפסּבּ שׁרָֹפְמֶּשׁ וֹמכוּ ,'וֹגו ְ
Even if this person has nobody to socialize with, it is a mitzvah for him
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to restrain himself and remain quiet rather than join together with those .םירִחי רֵתוֹיּהו ,םינפּ םוּשׁבּ רָשְׁפא יִא וֹתּלִבֶּשׁ ,יִתִּמא חרֵכה אוּה הזיא ,הזבּ
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groups of evil people. Regarding this, Chazal have said that for every .ה"הגהה ןאכּ דע
moment one remains quiet, he merits a hidden spiritual radiance that is so
lofty that even heavenly angels cannot comprehend its greatness.
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