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Introduction to                                                                     םייח ץפח רפס
                                 Sefer Chafetz Chayim                                                               ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
                                      Laveen - L1                                                                      'ב ללכ - םייחה רוקמ






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                                                                                                      לכבּ אתלתּ יֵפַּאבּ ערָָה ןוֹשׁל ןידּ רַאֹבי הז ללכבּ
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             Daily Halacha: 10 Tishri, 9 Shevat,   9 Sivan;   Leap Year- 10 Tishri, 19 Shevat, 28 Eyar
                                   Mekor Hachayim
             L1.  Someone who talks about (1) a fellow Jew violates a Lav, an
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             explicit prohibition of the Torah, namely (Vayikrah 19:16) “Do not                    ,תמא אוּהֶשׁ ףא ,וֹרבח לע ערָה ןוֹשׁל רפּסל רוּסא )א( .א
             go tale-bearing about another Jew.”  Who is called a “tale-bearer?”                   וּבּרְַתיֶּשׁ  לכו  .םיִבּרַ  ינְפִבּ  ןכֶּשׁ  לכו  .דיִחי  ינְפִבּ  וּלִּפא
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             The  one  who  learns  about  things  and  goes  from  place-to-place
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             saying “This is what he said about you,” or  “This is what I heard he                 רֵתוֹי הנּגְּתִמ וֹרבחֶשׁ ינְפִּמ ,רפּסְמה ןוֲֹע הבּרְַתי ,םיִעְמוֹשּׁה
             did to you.”  Even though these statements might be true, this type                   לעֶשׁ םגּ ,םיִשׁנא המּכּ ינְפִבּ וֹתוּנגּ םסרְפְּתנֶּשׁ ,הז ידֵי לע
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             of language destroys the world.  There is an even greater sin that
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             is included in this Lav and that is the sin of Lashon Hara, making                    ערָה ןוֹשׁל תעיִמְשׁ רוּסִּאבּ םיִשׁנא המּכּ ליִשׁכמ הז ידֵי
             remarks that degrade a fellow Jew, even if the remarks are truthful.
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             But someone who speaks lies is termed one who slanders another                                           .)םיקִסוֹפּה לכּ תמכּסה(
             Jew  (and  the  punishment  is  more  severe  than  speaking  Lashon
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                                                                                                   ,הָשׁלְֹשׁ ינְפִבּ רמוֹל ל"זח ירֵבדִבּ רֵתּה אצְמנֶּשּׁ המוּ .ב
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                                                                                                   ינְשׁ וֹל שׁי וֹלֶּשׁ רוּבּדּהו רוּמגּ יאנגּ וּנּניאֶשׁ רבדבּ )ב( וּניה
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             (L1) Someone who talks about another Jew:  Everything written
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             here is explained in the 7  perek of the Rambam's Hilchot De'Aut and in               הָשׁלְֹשׁ ינְפִבּ רמוֹל ל"זח וּהוּריִתִּה הזבּ ,וֹרוּפִּס תֵעבּ רפּסְמה
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             the Se'Mag's listing of Laveen, the 9  Lav (please see those citations).  It is
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             apparent from their commentaries that this Lav is inclusive of both Lashon            יאדּובּ עדֵוֹי ,הָשׁלְֹשׁ ינְפִבּ םירִבדּה רֵמוֹאֶשׁ ןויכּ ,וּהוּלָתו
             Hara and Rechilut \ gossip \ tale-bearing.  This conclusion is explicit in the        ךָרְבחֶשׁ( הּל תיִא ארָבח ךְרָבחדּ ,וינזאל םירִבדּה וּאוֹביֶּשׁ
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             Yerushalmi (1  perek of Peh’ah, 1  halacha) that this Lav also includes                 ֵ  ֲ
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             Lashon Hara.  Please see the second section of this volume that explains              הרָיִמא תֵעבּ וֹמצע תא רֵמוֹשׁ אוּה ןכּ לעו ,)וֹל שׁי רבח -
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             the laws of gossip, in particular the prohibition against gossip, both in the
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             Mekor Chayim and in the Be'er Mayim Chayim.                                              .יאנגּ ןוֹשׁל וֹנוֹשׁלִּמ רכּנִמ היהי אלֶֹּשׁ ןפֹאבּ ,רמוֹל
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