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Introduction to                                                                     םייח ץפח רפס
                                 Sefer Chafetz Chayim                                                               ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
                                         Aseen                                                                         'א ללכ - םייחה רוקמ


             drinking with them, to engage in business ventures that would earn                    וֹנוֹצרְִבּ וֹמצעֵמ רפִּס םִא ןיבּ ,רוּפִּסּה רוּסִּאבּ קוּלִּח ןיא .ה
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             profit for them (to allow them to support themselves) and to create
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             opportunities to be with them.  All this should be done in order to                   רפִּסֶּשׁ דע וֹריִצְפִהו םירִבדְִבּ וֹרבח וילע דמע )ז( םִא ןיבוּ
             observe them and learn from their actions and speech the proper                       ביּחְמֶּשׁ ,וֹבּרַ וֹא ויִבא )ח( וּלִּפאו .רוּסא םוֹקמ לכִּמ ,וֹל
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             way to conduct our lives.  But if one goes out and does the exact
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             opposite and joins the company of evil people and socializes with                     )ט(  םה  םִא  ,םהירֵבדּ  רֹתּסִל  אלֶֹּשׁ  ,םארָוֹמבוּ  םדוֹבכִבּ
             them, he is most certainly in violation of this Aseh.  (Please see the
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             following Hagahah).                                                                   ,עדֵוֹי אוּהו ,ינוֹלְפוּ ינוֹלְפּ ןינִע םהל רפּסיֶּשׁ וּנּמִּמ וּשְׁקִּבּ
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                                                                                                   קרַ וּלִּפא וֹא ערָה ןוֹשׁל ידֵיִל אוֹבל חרַכי רוּפִּסּה ךְוֹתבֶּשׁ
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             Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 239
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                                                                                                         .םהל עֹמְשִׁל וֹל רוּסא ,ערָה ןוֹשׁל לֶשׁ קבאל
             A7. Everything written until now has not been in the context of
             speaking in the Beit Midrash (7).  However, if one speaks Lashon
             Hara or gossips in the Beit Midrash or in a synagogue, he violates
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             the Aseh of (Vayikrah 19:30) “and you should be in awe of My holy                     הדִּמּבּ וֹמצע ליגּרְי אוּה םִאֶשׁ ,האוֹר אוּה םִא וּלִּפא .ו
             places.”  Our Authorities have decided the law is that our Batei                      המוֹדּכו ,לארְָשׂי לֶשׁ וֹתוּנגִבּ םלוֹעל רפּסל אלֶֹּשׁ ,תאֹזּה
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             Midrash are included in this category of G‑d's holy places and we
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             are commanded to be in awe of those places because His presence                       ,וֹתסנרְפּ ןינִעבּ לוֹדגּ דסְפה וֹל בבּסי ,םירִוּסאה םירִוּבּדִּמ
             resides there.  Accordingly, the only deliberations that can be made
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             there  must  relate  to  mitzvot,  such  as  calculating  the  amount  of             םהבּ ןיאֶשׁ םיִשׁנא םהו ,םירִחא תוּשׁרְ תחַתּ אוּהֶשׁ ,ןוֹגכּ
             money  in  the  public charity box  and  similar calculations.  Most                  וּלּאכּ םיִשׁנא ,םיִבּרַה וּניֵתוֹנוֲֹעבֶּשׁ ,אוּה עוּדיו ,הרָוֹתּ חירֵ
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      Mekor Hachayim  Chayim (section #151, paragraph #11).  All the more so is Lashon             הֶטוֹשׁל וֹתוֹא וּקיזחי ,םָתוֹמכּ ךְכּ לכּ חוּתפּ ויִפּ ןיאֶשׁ ,יִמ
             certainly  nonsense  would  be  unconditionally  forbidden  there  as
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             are mockery and empty talk, as cited in the Shulchan Aruch Orach
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             Hara or gossip forbidden there because of the awe that one must
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             have for G-d's presence which resides there, apart from the esur
             itself caused by those forbidden actions or forbidden speech.  One
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                                                                                                   ראְשׁ לככּ )י( ,רוּסא ןכ יִפּ לע ףא ,וֹתיבּ ינבּ תא סנרְפל
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             who  speaks  in  these  forbidden  ways  demonstrates  that  he  does
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                                                                                                   ראֹבְמכּ ,ןהילֲע רֹבֲעל אלֹו וֹל רֶשׁא לכּ ןֵתִּל ביּחְמֶּשׁ ,ןיואל
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             not  believe  that  HaKadosh  Baruch  Hu’s  presence  resides  there.
             This person demonstrates his arrogance by speaking in the King’s
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             house,  against  the  will  of  the  King.  (Please  see  the  1   Hagahah
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             Even if someone learns Torah intensively in the Beit Midrash, that
             it is permitted for this person to eat and drink there, as is brought                 דוֹבכבּ קרַ וֹל עגוֹנ םִא ןכֶּשׁ לכדּ ,עדַיל לכוּנ הזִּמוּ .ז
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             down in the Orach Chayim cited above, still if he sins by using
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             language that is forbidden there, joking or mocking or Lashon Hara                    הצֵע וֹל ןיאו ,םיִשׁנא תרַוּבח ןיבּ בֵשׁוֹיֶּשׁ ,ןוֹגכּ ,אמלעבּ
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