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Preface to המדקה
Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפסל

together, in unity” and Rashi explains there (quoting the Sifri )… םיִללכּה לכבוּ םייּח םימ ראבּהבּ בֵטיה ןיּעי רֶשׁא דע ,איִה
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when is He the King over Yeshurun, specifically when we are all
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united (and not just small groups). And it is commonly known that הכלהֵמ דחא ללכּ וֹל רסחי םִא ףא יִכּ ,וֹז הכלהל םיִכרָצנּה
people cannot unite beyond small groups because of Lashon Hara.
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ףיִעסו ףיִעס לכּ תמאבּ יִכּ .וֹרוּשׁאל הכלהה ראְשׁ ןיִבי אלֹ ,וֹז
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Besides this, how can the blessings of HaKadosh Baruch Hu, which ,)הרָוֹתּ ילוֹדגּ םירִבח קוּבּדִבוּ( הבּרְה וֹבּ יִתּניִּע הזּה רפסִּמ
we constantly yearn for, take effect since because of our very many הרָיִתס ס"ַשּׁבּ אצמּי אלֶֹּשׁ ,שׂוּפִּח רחא שׂוּפִּח יִתְּשׂפִּחו
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sins we have become accustomed to committing this sin of Lashon
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Hara. Regarding this, there is an explicit curse in the Torah, as the ,םיִמי המּכּ דחא ןינִעבּ יִתּניִּע םיִמעְפּ המּכו .וּנירֵבדְִל
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Torah teaches (Devarim : 4) “the person who secretly hits his
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fellow Jew will be cursed” and “hitting” means speaking Lashon הוּקַאו .ךְרַבְּתי םֵשּׁה תרַזעבּ הָּתִּמאל הכלהה יִתּרְרַבֶּשׁ דע
Hara against another Jew, as Rashi explains there. Other curses ןיּעיו הלּא וּנירֵבדְִל עמְשׁי רֶשׁא ארֵוֹקּה יִכּ ,ךְרַבְּתי םֵשּׁהל
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also will apply to this person, as I will explain further on; please see
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those references in the section on Laveen and Aseen. הלִּמ לכּ יִכּ ,םירִָשׁיֵמ וּזחי ויניֵע ,הכלהה יללכּ לכבּ בֵטיה
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םיִמעְפִלו .ןידּה קוּדּקְדִבּ הבְתּכנ ,רפסּה םינְפִבֶּשׁ ,הלִּמוּ
Moreover the gemara in Masechet Arachin (15b) teaches that the
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sin of Lashon Hara has no limit to its enormity, to the point where ןעמל ,ךְירִאהל וֹא רצּקַל ןוֹשׁלּה תא תוֹנַּשׁל יִתּלכיִבּ היה
one who speaks Lashon Hara is no different than one who denies ןוֹשׁל תוֹנַּשׁל יִתיִצרָ אלֹ םלוּא .וֹבּ ןוּכְמה ןיִבהל לקֵנ היהי
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the existence of G‑d, G‑d forbid. The Yerushalmi teaches (Peh’ah,
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1 perek, 1 halacha) that because of this sin Heaven punishes this רֶשׁא לכו .םהֵמ עבוֹנ ןידּהֶשׁ םיקִסוֹפּ ירֵאְשׁוּ ם"בְּמרַה
person with an incidental punishment in this world but the main .*)תוּכז ףכל וּהנידִי םוֹקמּה תוּכז ףכל ינוּדי
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punishment will be given to him in Olam Haba.
Please reference the introduction to my sefer Shemirat HaLashon,
that there I compiled an anthology of statements regarding Lashon .ירשת 'ז - תרבועמ הנש .ירשת 'ז - הטושפ הנש :ימוי חול
Hara as they are brought down in Shas, in the Midrashim and in the
Holy Zohar. Whoever carefully studies these references will have :ה"הגה
his hair stand on end when he realizes just how terrible this sin is. לע דסּיְמ אוּה הזּה רפסּה לכֶּשׁ ןויכּ ,ארֵוֹקּה יניֵעבּ אלפּי לַאו *
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ירֲֵעַשׁ רפסִּמ תוֹיארְ תוֹמוֹקְמ המּכבּ איִבֵמ ינא המּל ,הכלהה ירֵקִּע
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Daily Halacha: 3 Tishri, 3 Shevat, 3 Sivan; Leap Year- 3 Tishri, 13 Shevat, 22 Eyar הארְנ תמאבּ יִכּ ,רסוּמ ירְֵפִס ללכִּמ אוּהֶשׁ ,הנוֹי וּנבּרַל הבוּשְׁתּ
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And it is obvious that the reason the Torah was so strict regarding ,תוֹמוֹקְמ המּכבּ םיִשׁוֹדְקּה וירָמאמבּ בֵטיה ןנוֹבְּתִמּהל םיניֵעל
this sin is because this sin causes the Prosecutor against the Jewish ינידִבּ טרְָפִבוּ ,ןידּה רדֶגִּמ אצי אלֶֹּשׁ וירָבדּ תא קדּקְדִו רמָשֶּׁשׁ
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Nation to gain strength and grow in power against us all. As this ןִמ רוֹקמ הז לע שׁי - בַתכֶּשׁ ןינִעו ןינִע לכבּ ,וֹלֶּשׁ ערָה ןוֹשׁל
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evil force grows in strength, more and more Jews are murdered
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throughout the world. The Holy Zohar expresses this idea as follows אוּה ךְא ,רפסּה םינְפִבּ ,םֵשּׁה הצרְי םִא ,ראבנ רֶשׁאכו ,ס"ַשּׁה
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(perashat Pi’Kudei, page 64b): “There is a force in the world that לכבוּ ,םינוֹשׁארִ לֶשׁ ןכּרְדַכּ תוֹרוֹקְמּה תא איִבה אלֹו ,דֹאְמ רצּקִ
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