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Preface to המדקה
Sefer Chafetz Chayim םייח ץפח רפסל

themselves to guard themselves against it. Then with certainty the ןנוֹבְּתִהל אלֹו ,ויִפִּמ אציֶּשׁ ןֵמּדּזיֶּשׁ יִפכּ ,רבּדַל שׁיִאה לגּרְה
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destruction they cause up on high in Heaven is immeasurable.
ןוֹשׁלו תוּליִכרְ רוּסִּא ללכִבּ סנכנ הז רבדּ ןפּ הלִּחְתִּמ וֹבּ
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Daily Halacha: 4 Tishri, 4 Shevat, 4 Sivan; Leap Year- 4 Tishri, 14 Shevat, 23 Eyar
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דע ,םיִבּרַה וּניֵתוֹנוֲֹעבּ ,הז ןוֹעבּ ךְכּ לכּ וּנלגּרְהו .ערָה
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Now think a little bit regarding this sin. Why has it become so
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trivialized by so many people and made to seem small and ןוֹעל בָשׁחנ הז רבדּ ןיא םדא ינבּ הבּרְה יניֵעבּ הז ינְפִּמֶּשׁ
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unimportant? I have thought about this from several different ערָה ןוֹשׁל אוּהֶשׁ לֹכּל הארְנֶּשׁ רבדּ רבּדַי םִא וּלִּפא ,ללכּ
aspects: from the perspective of society in general and from the
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perspective of those who are learned. Society in general does not וּהנּגְמוּ וֹרבח לע ערַ רבּדְַמ אוּהֶשׁ ןוֹגכּ ,הרָוּמגּ תוּליִכרְוּ
know that Lashon Hara applies to truthful statements. Among ןוֹשׁל ָתּרְבּדּ המּל :דחא וּהלאְשׁי םִאו .תוּנגּה תיִלכַתבּ
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those who are learned, who know that truthful statements can be
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Lashon Hara, their Yetzer Hara rationalizes what they are saying קידּצ וֹתוֹשֲׂעל אבּ אוּהֶשׁ ,וֹבִּלבּ בֹשׁחי ?תוּליִכרְ וֹא ערָה
to make it seem permissible. Their Yetzer Hara will sometimes אוּהֶשׁ רֶשׁאבּ ,ללכּ חיִכוֹמּה ירֵבדּ תא לבּקַי אלֹו ,דיִסחו
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convince them that the person who is the subject of their remarks
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is someone who manipulates other people, a flatterer, and that it is .םיִבּרַה וּניֵתוֹנוֲֹעבּ ,רקְֵפה הזּה רבדּהֶשׁ האוֹר
a mitzvah to shame this person and publicize what he is doing. Or
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their Yetzer Hara will sometimes convince them that this person is םוֹקמבּ ץבּקְַתנ אלֶֹּשׁ דצִּמ אוּה םרָקִּע תוֹבִּסּה וּלֵּא לכו
overly argumentative and goes out looking to provoke controversy םָתוּכיא וֹבּ ראבְּתיֶּשׁ ,תוּליִכרְוּ ערָה ןוֹשׁל ןינִע דחא
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and that it is permissible to defame him. Or their Yetzer Hara will
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convince them that it is permissible to speak against this person ס"ַשּׁבּ םירִזּפְמ םה לבא ,םהיֵטרְָפוּ םהיללכִבּ םנינִעו
in the presence of three other people, or that he would even make וּנבּרַו תוֹעדּ תוֹכלִהֵמ 'ז קרֶפבּ ם"בְּמרַה וּלִּפאו .םינוֹשׁארִו
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those remarks directly to that person.
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הכלהבּ הלוּלס ךְרֶדּ וּנל וּשׂע םהֶשׁ ,הבוּשְׁתּ ירֲֵעַשׁבּ הנוֹי
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םגו ,םינוֹשׁארִ לֶשׁ ןכּרְדַכּ ,דֹאְמ וּרצּקִ ןכ יִפּ לע ףא וֹז
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הארְי רֶשׁאכּ ,ןהירֵבדִבּ אבּ אלֶֹּשׁ םינידּ הבּרְהו הבּרְה שׁי
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.רפסּה םינְפִבּ האוֹרה
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.רייא ד"כ ,טבש ו"ט ,ירשת 'ה - תרבועמ הנש .ןויס 'ה ,טבש 'ה ,ירשת 'ה - הטושפ הנש :ימוי חול
ןנוֹחה ךְרַבְּתי םֵשּׁה תרַזעבּ ,יצלח רבגכּ יִתּרְזא ןכּ לַע
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,רפס לא תוּליִכרְוּ ערָה ןוֹשׁל ינידּ לכּ יִתּצבּקִו ,תעדּ םדאל
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םיקִסוֹפּבוּ ס"ַשּׁבּ םירִזּפְמה תוֹמוֹקְמּה לכִּמ םָתוֹא יִתְּטקִּלו
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הנוֹי וּנבּרַל הבוּשְׁתּ ירֲֵעַשּׁהו ג"מסּהו ם"בְּמרַהֵמ טרְָפִבוּ
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