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Sefer Chafetz Chayim                                                                   םייח ץפח רפס
                              Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara                                                            ערה ןושל ירוסיא תוכלה
                                       Kelal Het                                                                       'י ללכ - םייחה רוקמ


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                                                                                                   םיִשֲׂעמּה תוֹנּגלוּ וֹל םַשׁא רֶשׁאל רֹזֲעל ידֵכּ םדא ינבִל
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                                                                                                   העבִשּׁה וּלּא וּרסחי אלֶֹּשׁ ,רהזּי ךְא ,תוֹירִבּה ינְפִבּ םיִערָה
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                         Hilchot Esurei Lashon Hara
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                        Kelal Het              (K8 – 8th chapter)
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                The esur of speaking Lashon Hara in all interpersonal                                                                          :ןה וּלּאו .ב
                 relationships.  There are 14 halachot in this Kelal.
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                                                                                                   העיִמְשׁ  ידֵי  לע  אלֹו  ,וֹמצעבּ  רבדּה  הז  הארְיֶּשׁ  )ה( )א
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                                                                                                    .תמא רבדּהֶשׁ ,ךְכּ רחא וֹל ררֵבְּתנֶּשׁ אלֹ םִא ,םירִחאֵמ
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             K8.  /  Introduction.    In  the  Kelalim  (rules)  up  until  now  I                 לזגל וֹתְּעדַבּ ןינִעה תא ףכֵתּ טיִלחי אלֶֹּשׁ ,דֹאְמ רהזּיֶּשׁ )ב
             explained just what Lashon Hara is in all of its details and similarly                םצע תא בֵטיה ןנוֹבְּתי קרַ )ו( ,הזבּ אצוֹיּכו קזּהל וֹא קֶשֹׁעו
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             what the law is regarding the acceptance of Lashon Hara as truth.  In
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             this Kelal I will systematically explain within the context of the esur                    .קזּה וֹא לזגּ ללכִבּ ןידּ יִפּ לע אוּה םִא ,ןינִעה
             Lashon Hara which the Torah forbids, the definition of the speaker,
             the “victim” (the person who is the subject of the Lashon Hara)                       ילוּא ,הכּרַ ןוֹשׁלבוּ )ח( הלִּחְתִּמ אֵטוֹחה תא חיִכוֹיֶּשׁ )ז( )ג
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             and the listener to whom he is speaking.  I will similarly explain       VOL-3        אלֹ םִאו ,ויכרָדּ תא הז ידֵי לע ביִטייו ,וֹל ליִעוֹהל לכוּי
      Mekor Hachayim  that seems very obvious.  I did it either because it was necessary for   2   ,וֹתּחכוֹתּ לבּקַי אלֶֹּשׁ ,וֹבּ עדֵוֹי םִאו( .וּהֵערֵ לע דיזהֶשּׁ
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             this subject from the perspective of accepting Lashon Hara as truth.
             My dear reader, don’t be astonished if occasionally I say something
                                                                                                   המ ,הזּה שׁיִאה תמְשׁא תא םיִבּרַל עידִוֹי זא ,וֹל עמְשׁי
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             the flow of the statements or because people are often mistaken in
             their application.  Moreover, if someone carefully analyzes these
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             statements, he will find at the end of each statement a new, novel
             idea.  First among them I will explain which people violate the esur
                                                                                                                .איִהֶשּׁ המִּמ רֵתוֹי הלועה לידּגי אלֶֹּשׁ )ט( )ד
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             of Lashon Hara by their speech.
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             Be'er Mayim Chayim on page 187
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                                                                                                   ,וֹרבחבּ ןֵתוֹנ אוּהֶשׁ ,אוּהה םגְפּהֵמ ,םוֹלָשׁו סח ,תוֹנהל
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             K8/1. It makes no difference if the speaker of Lashon Hara is a                       אלֹו ,'ד ףיִעסבּ ןמּקַל ראבנֶּשׁ וֹמכוּ ,תלעוֹתל ןוּכיֶּשׁ )י( )ה
             man or a woman or a close or distant relative (1) (of the “victim”).
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             Even  though  the  victim  will  usually  not  take  offense  (2)  at  the                     .רבכִּמ וילע וֹל שׁיֶּשׁ ,האנִשׂ דצִּמ אלֹו
             speaker either because he is a close friend or because the speaker is
             a relative who basically has no intention of demeaning him, rather
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