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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
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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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