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Preface to המדקה
Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפסל

and then makes a comparison between them and the reason for the )ז"ט ףדַו :ו"ט ףדּ( ןיִכרֲָעבּ ל"זח וּנל וּקיִתְּעה ךְאיה דוֹעו
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destruction of the second Beit HaMikdash) since the gemara asks אנָשׁיִל יֵמדּ יִכיה :םָשׁ וּרְמאֶשּׁ המ ,ןוֹגכּ ,וּלּא םינינִעבּ םירִקִּעה
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“and didn’t baseless hatred (also) exist in the epoch of the first Beit
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HaMikdash? People would eat and drink together and stab their )ינוֹלְפּ לצא שׁא ?ערָה ןוֹשׁל ארָקְנ ךְיא( אינלְפּ יבּ ארָוּנ ,אָשׁיִבּ
fellow Jew with the daggers of their tongues”). רוֹכז" :הרָוֹתּבּ ביִתכּ אלֹה ַ,חיִכוֹנ ארָקְדּ אפוּגִּמ דוֹעו .המוֹדּכו ְ
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From the time the second Beit HaMikdash was destroyed until now, וֹרוּאבבּ ן"בְּמרַה איִבהו ,'וּכו "םירְִמל ךָיהלֹא 'ה הָשׂע רֶשׁא תא
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every day (now 09,000 days) we have been yearning and praying לעֶשׁ ידֵכּ םירְִמ הֵשֲׂעמ הפּבּ דיִמָתּ רֹכּזִל ךְירִצֶּשׁ ,ירְִפִסּה םֵשׁבּ
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to HaKadosh Baruch Hu to draw us closer to Him, as He promised ,רֹכּזנ אלֹ ,הבּרַדְא ,םהירֵבדִלוּ ,רמּה ןוֹעה לדֶֹגּ תא ןנוֹבְּתנ הז ידֵי ְ
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us in His Holy Torah many times and through His prophets. But
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our prayers are not accepted by Him, as Chazal teach in Gemara תעדּ ףוֹסל הדרְי הרָוֹתּהדּ יאדּו אלּא ,הזבּ ןיגגוֹשׁ תוֹיהִל לכוּנו ְ
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Berachot ( b) “Since the destruction of thesecond Beit HaMikdash שׁוֹדקּה ןיא יִכה ואל יִאדּ ,ןוֹעה הזִּמ רהזנ תוֹיהִל וֹחֹכבֶּשׁ ,םדאה
an iron wall separates us from our Father‑who‑is‑in‑Heaven.” ,הזבּ דיִמָתּ ןנוֹבְּתי רֶשׁאכו ,ויָתוֹיּרִבּ םִע אינוּרְטִבּ אבּ אוּה ךְוּרבּ
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Truthfully speaking, our complaint is not against Him, G‑d forbid, .הז ןוֹעֵמ לצנִּהל הלוֹדגּ תלעוֹתל יאדּובּ וֹל היהי
but rather our complaint is against ourselves. As the navi Yeshayahu
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teaches (59:1) “G‑d’s ‘arms’ are not too short to save us and His אלֹ הז ידֵי לעֶשׁ ,וּלּא םינינִע דוּמִּלִּמ הלוֹדגּ תלעוֹתּ אצְמי דוֹע
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‘ears’ are not deaf to hear our prayers, only our sins are separating ,םוֹלָשׁו סח ,היהי םִא וּלִּפא זאו ,רקְֵפהכּ ויניֵעבּ הז רבדּ היהי ִ
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us.” The Gemara Sanhedrin (98a) teaches that in the days of Rebbe וּרְמא הז לעֶשׁ ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל ילעבּ ללכִבּ וּנּניא ,םיקִרְָפִל הזבּ לָשׁכנ
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Yehoshua Ben Levi they answered that if today we would listen ןיִלבּקְַמ םניאו ,תוֹרוּמחה תוֹנוֲֹע 'ג דגנכּ לוּקָשֶּׁשׁ ,ןיִכרֲָעבּ ל"זח
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to the Torah then Mashiach would come. But the appointed time
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for the end of the exile that was decreed against us has not come וּנבּרַ ירֵבדִּמ חכוּמֶּשׁ וֹמכּ ,ןירִוּמחה ןיִשׁנעֵמ אצוֹיּכו ,הניִכְשׁ ינְפּ
yet. The decree against us that we were to be placed in galut for 'ז קרֶפבּ ם"בְּמרַבּ "הנְשִׁמ ףסכּ"ה ירֵבדִּמוּ "הבוּשְׁתּ ירֲֵעַשׁ"בּ הנוֹי
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one thousand years; that one thousand years of galut are like one .אמלעדּ ואל ראְשִׁכּ קרַ - תוֹעדּ תוֹכלִהֵמ
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day to HaKadosh Baruch Hu, as Chazal have taught us in (Gemara
Sanhedrin 9 a) and still the power of Teshuvah could have annulled בוּתכּה רמאֶשׁ וֹמכוּ ,'ה ינְפִל אטחֶשׁ וֹשְׁפנבּ עדַי הז ידֵי לע םגּ
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the decree. And even more so in our times, more than eight hundred
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years (now 940 years) have passed since the end of the thousand‑ ,"יִתאטח אלֹ ךְרְֵמא לע ךְָתוֹא טפְּשׁנ יננִה" :)ה"ל 'ב היְמרְי(
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year decree. The only reason for this continued exile is our own דוֹע וילע רבּדַל אלֶֹּשׁ תוֹחפל וֹא ,הז רוּבֲע וֹרבח תא סיּפל הארְיו ְ
actions, that because of the many great sins of our society we are ,וֹוגּ רחא רבדּה תא ,םוֹלָשׁו סח ,ךְיִלְשׁי םִא ןכּ ןיאֶשּׁ המ ,םעפּה
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not allowing G‑d’s presence to dwell among us.
.ללכּ ןוֹעל וֹבְשׁוֹח וֹניאו
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Daily Halacha: 2 Tishri, 2 Shevat, 2 Sivan; Leap Year- 2 Tishri, 12 Shevat, 21 Eyar
If we carefully examine our lifestyle and search for the essential
sins that are causing this lengthy exile to continue, we will find that םייחה רוקמ
they are many. But the sin that results from our misuse of language
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is by far the worst one, for many reasons. First, it is the cause of םָשׁ ,הבחרְוּ הכּרֻא החיִתְפּ הזּה רפסּה לא יִתּרְבִּח םגּ
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