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Preface to                             המדקה
 Sefer Chafetz Chayim               םייח ץפח רפסל



 In it I will explain many of the Laveen and Aseen  that people who    ןוֹשׁארִ תיבּ יֵמיִבּ רוֹדו רוֹדּ לכבּ וּנל םיקִה יִכּ ,וּניהלֹא קלח

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 are not careful to avoid this bitter sin of Lashon Hara and gossip
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 routinely violate.  Perhaps in Hashem’s mercy, as a result of this    בצּמ דרַיֶּשׁ ,ינֵשׁ תיבּ יֵמיִבּ ףאו ,בטוּמל וּנרֵיזחהל םיִאיִבנ
 effort their Yetzer Hara will be destroyed when they understand the    וּרסחו ,הנוֹשׁארִה וֹתָשּׁדְֻקִּמ ,םיִבּרַה וּניֵתוֹנוֲֹעבּ ,יִלארְְשׂיּה
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 devastation and destruction that is caused by this type of speech.
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               ,):א"כ אמוֹי( ןוֹשׁארִ תיבבּ םהל וּיהֶשׁ םירִבדּ הָשִּׁמח םהל
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 Besides all of this, the Midrash Rabbah in perashat Na’so (14:4)
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 is  well  known:  “If  one  delves  deeply  into  their  words  (of  the    ,הרָיִחבּה תיבּ וּנל היהו וּנֵתמדְא לע וּנֵתוֹיהִבּ הז לכּ םִע
 Chachamim) HaKadosh Baruch Hu will remove the Yetzer Hara
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 from him.”  Therefore I told myself that in writing this volume,    םיִלוֹכי וּנייה הזבוּ ,הרָוֹתּה תוֹצִמ לכּ םיּקַל םיִלוֹכי וּנייה
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 this anthology of the thought of all of the Early Sages, if people    םגּ שׁי שׁפנּבּ יִכּ ,וּנבּ םיִאצְמנּה שׁפנּה יקֵלח לכּ םיִלְשׁהל
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 study these laws carefully, the Yetzer Hara will not have such great
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 power to control society in committing this sin.  Automatically, if    ירֲֵעַשׁבּ ןיּעו ,םייּנחוּר םידִיגּ ה"סְשׁוּ םירִביא ח"מרְ ןכּ
 one backs away from this sin, even a little bit, then as time goes by   .'א קרֶפּ לאטיו םייּח ברַה וּנרֵוֹמל הָשּׁדֻקְ
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 he will wash his hands completely of it because this sin is so caught
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 up with routine, with people’s everyday lives. Someone who wants    ערָה ןוֹשׁלו םנִּח תאנִשׂ הרָבגּ ינֵשׁ תיבּ יֵמי ףוֹסְבל ךְַא
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 to be purified of this sin will have divine assistance (Gemara Yomah
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  8b)  and  in  the  merit  of  (learning  these  laws  and)  not  speaking    וּניִלגו תיבּה ברַחנ הז רוּבֲעבוּ ,םיִבּרַה וּניֵתוֹנוֲֹעבּ ,וּניניבּ
 Lashon Hara, Mashiach will come soon.   הכלה 'א קרֶפּ( יִמלַשׁוּריִבוּ ):'ט ףדּ( אמוֹיבּ אָתיִאדְִכּ וּנצרְאֵמ
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               לע אוּה הנוּכּה ,םנִּח תאנִשׂ הטקְנ ארָמגּהֶשׁ םגה[ )אמוֹידּ 'ה
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               יִכה ואל יִאדּ ,האנִשּׂה דצִּמ תאצוֹיֶּשׁ ,ןכּ םגּ ערָה ןוֹשׁל
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               הָשׁקֶּשׁ ,ךָדְמּלל םָשׁ םיִּסדּ וּניהו ,ךְכּ לכּ םיִשׁנענ וּיה אלֹ
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               תוּכיִפְשׁוּ  תוֹירֲָע  יוּלּגו  הרָז  הדוֹבֲע  דגנכּ  םנִּח  תאנִשׂ
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               דוֹעו .ערָה ןוֹשׁל יבּגּ ):ו"ט ףדּ( ןיִכרֲָעבּ וּניִצמ הזו ,םיִמדּ
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               םָשׁ ךְירִפדִּמ ,וּנבַתכֶּשׁ וֹמכּ חכוּמ אמוֹידּ אָתְּעמְשׁדּ אפוּגִּמ
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               .]םָשׁ ןיּע 'וּכו ןהירֵבח תא םירִקְוֹדו 'וּכו ןוֹשׁארִ שׁדּקְִמבוּ
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               2   The  conclusion  in  those  citations  is  that  the  first  Beit  HaMikdash  was
                  destroyed as a punishment for idol worship, adultery (and other forbidden
 5   Actions that are forbidden to us (Laveen) or actions that we are commanded   relationships) and murder and equates them to baseless hatred which was
 by G-d to perform (Aseen)  the cause for the destruction of the second Beit HaMikdash.
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