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Introduction to                                 10 VOL-1                                החיתפ
                                 Sefer Chafetz Chayim                                                                   םייח ץפח רפסל
                                     Curses - C1-2
                                                                                                                         ד רורא - ןירורא

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                                                                                                   םהירֵבדּ רֶשׁא ,םינוֹשׁארִה תאֵמ תֶטקּלְמ איִה יִכּ ,לֹכּה ןִמ
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                                                                                                   יאדּובוּ  ,םידִיִפּלּה  הארְמכּ  תוֹרֲעוֹבּ  ,םירִוֹהְטוּ  םיִשׁוֹדקְ
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                                     CURSES
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                                                                                                   ןכּ לע ,הָּתיִלכַתּ דע וֹזּה העוּרגּ הדִּמִּמ ןמצע תא וּרְמָשׁ
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                                                                                                   ארֵוֹקּה  עדַי  םגו  ,ןהיארְוֹק  בלבּ  דֹאְמ  ןיִלֲעוֹפּ  ןהירֵבדּ
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                With G-d's help, I will now explain what I alluded                                 יִתּרְקַח קרַ ,ןֵמּדּזִהה יִפכּ ןיִשֲׂעהו ןיואלּה תא יִתּחקַל אלֶֹּשׁ
                to at the beginning of this Introduction, namely, the                              יִתְּעגי תוֹעיגי הבּרְהו ,תוֹצִמ ג"ירְַתּה תא בֵטיה יִתְּשׁרַדו
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                curses that one invokes upon oneself by not being
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                     careful to avoid this terrible character trait                                םיִתוֹאנּה וּלּא תא יִתאצמֶּשׁ ,אוּה ךְוּרבּ שׁוֹדקּה ינרַזֲעֶשׁ דע
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                                                                                                   חֹכּ ךְכּ לכּ לוֹדגֶּשׁ ןויכּ ,ארֵוֹקּה יניֵעבּ אלפּי אלֶֹּשׁ ידֵכוּ
             Daily Halacha: 25 Tishri, 24 Shevat, 24 Sivan;   Leap Year- 25 Tishri, 4 Adar I, 14 Sivan  ַ  ָ  ָ  ָ    ָ  ֵ      ַ   ֵ  ְ   ֵ  ָ  ִ
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                                   Mekor Hachayim                                                  וּניִצמ המּל ,םירִבדּ תאנוֹא לֶשׁ ןכו ערָה ןוֹשׁל לֶשׁ רוּסִּאה
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             C1.  In addition to the Laveen and Aseen listed above, the person                     דחא  ארָוֹמאֶשׁ  הרָוֹאכִל  הארָיֶּשׁ  ,םיִמעְפּ  המּכּ  ארָמגּבּ
             who speaks Lashon Hara or Rechilut also violates the curse of the                     תמחֵמ יִתּקְַתְּעהו יניֵע יִתּחקַפּ הז לע םגּ ,וֹרבחל רֵטנקְַמ
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             Torah stated in Devarim (27:24) (1)“cursed is someone who hits
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             his fellow Jew secretly.”  Rashi on that pasuk and the Sifri explain                  םירִמאמ הבּרְה םגו ,רפסּה ףוֹסבּ "ריִאי תֹוּח" תבוּשְׁתּ הז
             that  “hits  his  fellow  Jew  secretly”  means  to  speak  Lashon  Hara
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             against another Jew.                                                                      .םָשׁ ריֵעז םָשׁ ריֵעז רפסּה ךְוֹתבּ יִמצעבּ יִתּצרֵַתּ
                                 Be’er Mayim Chayim
             (C1)  violates the curse of the Torah stated in Devarim (27:18)
             “cursed is someone who hits his fellow Jew secretly.”  This curse
             applies to the first four qualities, it applies if the remark is made in the
             presence of the person who is the subject of the comment or even not in
             his presence, and it applies only to the speaker.
                                   Mekor Hachayim
             C2.   This person also invokes upon himself the curse of (Devarim
             27:18)  “Cursed  is  someone  who  causes  a  blind  person  to  go
             astray”(2) meaning, the clear intent of the pasuk is to curse the
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