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Chafetz Chayim הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק .ל"ַנַּכְו הרָוֹתַּבּ תוֹבוּתְכַּה םיִבּרְֻמ ויָתוֹנוֲֹעֶשׁ ,דֹאְמ יוּצָמ ,וֹרוּבִּדּ רֵמוֹשׁ וֹניֵאֶשׁ יִמ .הָבָשֲׁחַמְבוּ רוּבּדְִבּ תוֹיוּלְתַּה תוְֹצִמַּה לֹע תַלָבּקַ בוּיִּחְבּ הָבָשֲׁחַמַּהְו רוּבִּדַּה קֶלֵחְבּ ןיִיוּלְתַּה ,ןיִשָׂעְו ןיִואָלַּה
Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
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consider it as a deed, why do Chazal use the word “adds?” ןיִדּ ןֵתִּל ךְירִָצ רוּבִּדּ לָכּ לַעְו ,הָלְעַמְל םיִלוֹע םירִוּבִּדַּה
However, it is well known that each person is judged based on a
majority of his deeds. If a majority of his deeds are meritorious, .אוֹבָל דיִתָעֶל ןוֹבְּשֶׁחְו
he is categorized as a Tzadik. But if a majority of his deeds are
evil, he is categorized as a Rasha. In this (specific) regard, Chazal תוֹיְהִלְו םָכוֹתְבּ סֵנָכִּהְל םָדָאָה תקַוּשְׁתֶּשׁ ,ןֵכּ םַגּ ַעוּדָי הֵנִּהְו
have said that an evil thought does not enter into this calculation לָבֲא .םיִשָׁנֲאַבּ שׁיִאְל בֵשָׁחֵיֶּשׁ ידְֵכּ ,םָתרָוּבֲחַבּ קֶלֵח וֹל
of being joined together with the actual deed.
לָכּ וּסְנָכִּי ,אוֹבָל דיִתָעֶל ןוֹבְּשֶׁחְו ןיִדּ תֵעְבֶּשׁ ,תַעדַָל ךְירִָצ
Yet the implication of this is that only an evil thought is not
accounted, but evil speech is accounted as an accomplished deed, ,]םֶהירֵוּבּדְִבּ םוּעְיִּס אלֹ םִא וּלִּפֲא[ םָשׁ וּדְמָעֶשׁ םיִשָׁנֲאָה
and at the moment he stands trial on his Judgment Day they (the ,עַשׁרֶָה תרַוּבֲח םֵשְׁבּ ןיִבָתְּכִנ םָלֻּכּ יִכּ .ל ֹּכַה לַע תוֹנֲעַל
Heavenly tribunal) will recount each and every single (forbidden)
word. Chazal have taught this concept (Gemara Chagigah 5b) in .לוֹדָגַּה רֶזֶעיִלֱא 'ר תַאָוַּצְבּ רֶזֶעיִלֱא יִבּרְַדּ יקֵרְִפְבּ אָתיִאדְִכּ
explanation of the pasuk (Amos 4:13) “and they tell man (they ,הרָיִמְשַּׁה תַבוֹח לֵבּקְַמַה תַלֲעַמ דֹאְמ הָלוֹדְגּ הַמ ןֵכּ לַעְו
replay back to man) his conversations.” Even the most casual
conversations between man and his wife are recounted during לָכּ[ םיִשָׁנֲא תרַוּבֲחַבּ דֹמֲעַלִּמ קֵחרְַתִי אָליֵמִּמ הֶז ידְֵי לַעֶשׁ
his judgment. Thus, those people whose mouths are unrestrained
and who constantly speak with no thought at all as to whether םָמְצַע םירְִמוֹשְׁו ,םיקִלֱֹא יֵארְִי םֵהֶשׁ םרָיִכַּמ ןיֵאֶשׁ ןַמְז
or not their speech is permissible or forbidden, it is very likely ןֶהָמִּע שֵׂפָתִּי אלֶֹּשׁ ידְֵכּ ,]םיִנוּגֲה םָניֵאֶשׁ םירִָבְדּ רֵבּדְַלִּמ
that their sins will be in a majority because of their speech, and
Heaven Above will have categorized them as Resha’im, Gd ,ם"ַבְּמרַָה ירְֵבִדּ תקַָתְּעַהְבּ ליֵעְל ןֵיַּעְו .אוֹבָל דיִתָעֶל
forbid. (Even though each person has accumulated during the .םָשׁ ןֵיַּע ,ד"י קרֶֶפּ הרָיִכְזַּה רַעַשׁ ןוֹשָׁלַּה תרַיִמְשִׁבוּ
course of a day several hundred words of sanctity just by reciting
the 100 Berachot daily, one should ask himself “Did I concentrate אוּהֶשׁ וֹרְכָזְבּ ,הָבירְִמַּה ןִמ הֶז ידְֵי לַע קֵחרְַתִיֶּשׁ ןֵכֶּשׁ לָכְו
appropriately on each of them (on each of the Berachot) since
it is often happens, because of our many sins, that he does not ויִפּ םלְֹבִי - וּהֵפרְָחְיֶּשׁ יִמ אֵצָמִּי םִא וּלִּפֲאַו .םירְִמוֹשַּׁה ןִמ
say them loud enough to hear his own Beracha.) How very וּרְמָאֶשׁ וֹמְכּ ,הֶז רוּבֲע דֹאְמ וֹרָכְשׂ לוֹדָגְו .וֹל תוֹנֲעַל אלֶֹּשׁ
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important is it for someone who does guard his speech, to be
fearful that perhaps his sins are more numerous than his merits לַע ץרֶֶא הֶל ֹּת" :)'ז ו"כ בוֹיִּא( ביִתְכִדּ יאַמ :).ט"פ ןיִלֻּחְבּ( ל"ַזֲח
and he is considered as a Rasha, Gd forbid, in the esteem of ויִפּ תֶא םֵלוֹבֶּשׁ יִמ לַע ?םָיּקַ םָלוֹעָה יִמ לַע ?"הָמיִלְבּ
Hashem Yitbarach.
םָניֵאְו ןיִבָלֱעֶנַּה :):ח"פ תָבַּשׁ( וּרְמָא דוֹעְו .הָבירְִמ תַעְשִׁבּ
With this, we can offer some advice based on the teaching of
Chazal in Mishnayot Avot (2:13): “Do not be as a Rasha before בוּתָכַּה ןֶהיֵלֲע ,'וּכְו ןיִביִשְׁמ ןיֵאְו ןָתָפּרְֶח ןיִעְמוֹשׁ ,ןיִבְלוֹע
you,” meaning your fellow Jew should be judged favorably, that
."וֹתרָֻבְגִבּ שֶׁמֶשַּׁה תאֵצְכּ ויָבֲהֹאְו" :)א"ל 'ה םיִטְפוֹשׁ( רֵמוֹא

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