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 Chafetz Chayim  הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק  .וֹקְלֶח ירְֵשַׁאְו ,"םיִמָי ףיִסוֹתּ 'ה  .ךְָמְצַע טֹשׁקְ ,וֹל רַמוֹל וּלְכוּי אלְֹו ,רוּבִּדַּה תַשּׁדֻקְ ןַיְנִעְבּ   תַארְִי" :)ז"כ 'י יֵלְשִׁמ( בוּתָכֶּשּׁ הַמ ,הֶזָכּ שׁיִא לַע רַמוֹל לַכוּנ   זֶמרֶ ךְרֶדְֶבוּ .תוֹעָשׁ תוֹאֵמ הָמַּכּ וֹל ףֵסוֹתִּהְל לַכוּי הָנָשׁ   ךְֶשֶׁמְבוּ ,הרָוֹתּ דו
  Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah      הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
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 [ 3 ] {Awareness} One who does not accept upon himself the    רוּבִּדּ אוּה הַמ ַעדֵוֹי וֹניֵאְו ,דֹאְמ טוּשָׁפּ שׁיִא אוּהֶשׁ וֹא
 obligation to discipline his speech, even though every intelligent
 person  would  conclude  that  most  certainly  he  would  fall  into    רֹמְשִׁל זרֵָזְל ךְירִָצ יאַדַּוְבּ וֹמְצַע תֶא םָדָאָה לָבֲא .רוּסָאָה
 sin because of the many words spoken throughout the day. This    לַע ,םוֹלָשְׁו סַח ,הֶיְהִיְו ,רקְֵפֶהְכּ הֶיְהִי אלֶֹּשׁ ,וֹנוֹשְׁלוּ ויִפּ
 person will also not  remember to do Teshuvah for what he has
 said and will not accept upon himself that going forward he will    ךְירִָצ דַבְלִבּ הֶז םוּשִּׁמוּ .ךְרַָבְּתִי 'ה יֵניֵעְבּ עָשׁרְָכּ הֶז ידְֵי
 not to fall into these sins, since that awareness is the very essence   .הרָיִמְשַּׁה תַבוֹח וֹמְצַע לַע לֵבּקְַל בָבְּלִנַּה שׁיִאָה
 of Teshuvah.  The pasuk describes this as (Yeshayah 55:7) “the
 evil one should give up that lifestyle…and then will return to
 Hashem.”  Even if this person recites “We have sinned” (in the    ,רֵחַא םוֹקָמְבּ יִתְּבַתָכֶּשׁ ,רָבָדּ ה ֹּפ קיִתְּעַהְל יִתּרְַמָא דוֹע
 vidduy)  and  “We  have  spoken  slanderously  \  hypocritically,”    םָלוֹעָה הָמ לַע :):ט"יק תָבַּשׁ( ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָא .וּנֵנָיְנִעְל ךְָיַּשְׁו
 he does not (cannot) recall them (all of the words of forbidden
 language  that  he  spoke)  and  so  he  does  not  at  all  accept  the    רַמָא .ןָבּרַ תיֵבּ לֶשׁ תוֹקוֹניִתּ לֶשׁ םֶהיִפּ לֶבֶה לַע ?םָיּקַ
 obligation to be careful to avoid them.  However, when one accepts    רַמָא ?)וּהַמ ךְָלֶּשְׁו יִלֶּשׁ( יאַמ ךְָדידְִו ידִיִדּ :אָברְָל יֵיַּבַּא הֵּל
 the responsibility of disciplined speech, even if subsequently he
 should mistakenly fall into a sin, the damage will be minimal and    ןיֵאֶשׁ ,ויִפּ לֶבֶהְל ,אְטֵח וֹבּ שֵׁיֶּשׁ ,ויִפּ לֶבֶה הֶמוֹדּ וֹניֵא :הֵּל
 he will know how to implement Teshuvah.
               יאַדַּוְבּ הָיָהֶשׁ ,םיִשׁוֹדְקַּה םיִארָוֹמָאָה וּלִּפֲאַדּ ירֲֵה .אְטֵח וֹבּ
 [  4  ]  {Habit}  Because  of  man’s  force  of  habit,  he  will    ערָָה ןוֹשָׁל יאַדַּוְבּ הָיָה אלֹ םָלְצֶאְו ,ןֶגֹהַכּ 'ה םֵשְׁל םָדוּמִּל
 unintentionally, repeatedly relate the degradation of his fellow
 man or verbally oppress him (and so on for all other categories    הֶזיֵא יאַדַּוְבּ םִא יִכּ ,שָׁמַּמ םירִוּסֲא םירִוּבִּדּ רָאְשׁוּ תוּליִכרְוּ
 of speech).  This unintentional speech also has included within    וּלְשְׁכִנ םיִמָעְפִלֶּשׁ הֶזָבְדּ ,וּרְמָא יִכָה וּלִּפֲא ,קָבָאְדּ קָבָא
 it the categories of Lashon Hara and abusive language, as was
 explained  in  the  Introduction  to  Sefer  Chafetz  Chayim  in  the    ,םֶהיִפּ לֶבֶה םָלְצֶא לקְֵלקְַתִנ ,קָבָאְדּ קָבָאְבּ םֶהיֵיַּח יֵמיִבּ
 Aseh of “Remember,” and in the words of the Rambam and in    .ךְָכּ לָכּ הָשׁוֹדקְ הָּניֵא םָתרָוֹתְו
 the Ramban.  (Please see those references).  But that would not
 be the case if he had accepted upon himself the responsibility to    סָנַּנְכּ  םָדוּמִּל  יֵבַּגְל  וּנדֵוּמִּל  תַשּׁדְֻקֶּשׁ  וּנְחַנֲא  אָליֵמִּמוּ
 discipline his speech, he would not have come to this.  And if
 occasionally he did come to this point, he will be sensitive to the    תוּליִכרְוּ ערָָה ןוֹשָׁלְבּ וּניִפּ תֶא אֵמַּטְנ דוֹע םִא ,קָנֲע יֵבַּגְל
 words he spoke and he would seek to correct any wrongs.
               הַמ ןֵכּ לַעְו .וּנידֵוּמִּל לַע לוּחָל לוֹכָי הָשּׁדְֻקּ הַמ ,הֶמוֹדַּכְו

 [ 5 ] {Social gatherings} It is very well known and commonplace    לָכּ יִכּ .הרָיִמְשַּׁה תַבוֹח וֹמְצַע לַע לֵבּקְַמַה תַלֲעַמ הָלוֹדְגּ
 that everywhere people gather together to speak, everyone says
 whatever they want.  It does not even occur to them at all to    םירִוּבִּדּ  רֵבּדְַלִּמ  וֹרוּבִּדּ  לַע  וֹלְצֶא  הרָיִמְשׁ  ףֵסוֹתִּתֶּשׁ  הַמ
 contemplate  if  this  type  of  speech  is  permitted  or  forbidden.     ירְֵבִדּ רָאְשׁוּ וֹתרָוֹתּ לַע הָשּׁדֻקְ אָליֵמִּמ וֹל ףֵסוֹתִּתּ ,םירִוּסֲא
 During  the  course  of  an  hour,  it  is  likely  that  every  form  of
 forbidden speech will be spoken.  All of these words ascend On   .רֵבּדְַמ אוּהֶשׁ הָשּׁדֻקְ





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