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Chafetz Chayim הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק לָכְו .רוּסָאָה רוּבִּדּ יקְֵלֶח לָכּ םָשׁ רֵבוֹדּ תַחַא הָעָשׁ ךְֶשֶׁמְבֶּשׁ יוּצָמוּ .רוּסָא וֹא רָתֻּמַּה רוּבִּדּ אוּה םִא בֹשְׁחַל לָלְכּ וֹתְּעַדּ לַע הֶלוֹע וֹניֵאְו ,וֹחוּר לַע הֶלוֹעֶשּׁ הַמ רֵבּדְַמ דָחֶא לָכְו ,םירְִבּדְַמ לֶשׁ הָיִּסֵנְכּ ם
Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
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want his learning to become known, HaKadosh Baruch Hu will ,םָדָאָה רֵבוֹעֶשׁ רוּסִּאָה דַבְלִמֶּשׁ ,תַעדַָל ךְירִָצ הֶז םַגְו
see to it that society will come to know about it. So too in our
discussion. Most certainly over a period of time it will become הָערָ תֶכֶשְׁמִנ דוֹע ,הרָוֹתַּה ןָתּרַָסֲאֶשׁ םירִוּבִּדּ רֵבּדְַמֶּשְׁכּ
known that this man does guard himself from speaking Lashon אלֹ ןֵכּ םַגּ ,הָשּׁדֻקְ ירְֵבִדּ ךְָכּ רַחַא רֵבּדְַמֶּשְׁכּ ,הֶזִּמ הָלוֹדְגּ
Hara, Rechilut and mockery. Society will come to know that
everything he speaks is truthful and he speaks gently to people. ףֶכֵתֶּשׁ ,ארֲָחַא ארְָטִסִּמ םיִנֻּמְמ שֵׁי יִכּ .ןֶהָבּ םָדָאָה הֶכְּזִי
Over time, his good reputation will spread as a source of pride
throughout Jewish society and, in so doing he will have sanctified הָאְמֻטַּה םִע םירִוּבִּדַּה ןיִזֲחוֹא ,םירִוּסֲאָה םירִוּבִּדּ רֵבּדְַמֶּשְׁכּ
the Name of HaKadosh Baruch Hu. Man will say to his friend רֵבּדְַמֶּשׁ הָשּׁדְֻקַּה ירְֵבִדּ תֶא הֶזָבּ ןיִאְמַּטְמוּ ,ןֶהיֵלֲע תֶפֶחרְַמַה
“see that person, how pleasant he is and how pleasant are his
deeds. Praiseworthy are his father and his Rebbe who taught him :וֹנוֹשְׁל הֶזְו ידֵוּקְפ הָשׁרָָפּ שׁוֹדָקַּה רַהֹּזַבּ אָתיִאדְִכְו .ךְָכּ רַחַא
Torah. We too will teach our children Torah.” ןוּנִּאְדּ ,ןיִנרֲָחָא ןיִנידִרְַגּ הָמַּכּ ןָיְלָתּ אָשׁיִבּ אָחוּר יאַהְבוּ
But Gd forbid, the opposite is also true. If the one who learns שָׁנ רַבּ קיִפַּאְדּ ,אָפוּנִּט הָלִּמ וֹא אָשׁיִבּ הָלִּמ אָדָחֲאַל ןיִנֻּמְמ
Torah does not have good character traits and he has degraded
himself by using language that is Lashon Hara, argumentative ןוֹהיֵיַּחְל יַו ,ןוֹל יַו .ןיִשׁיִדּקַ ןיִלִּמ קיִפַּא רַתָבְלוּ ,הּיֵמֻּפִּמ
language, lies and other comparably bad language, this man
desecrates the glory of HaKadosh Baruch Hu in the world. In ןיִגְבּ ,יֵתָאְדּ אָמְלָעְבּ ןוֹל יַו ,אָמְלָע יאַהְבּ ןוֹל יַו ,'וּכְו
so doing he violates the Lav of (Vayikrah 22:32) “You shall not דַכְו ,אָבֲאָסְמ הָלִּמ אוּהַה ןיִלְטָנ ןיִבֳאָסְמ ןיִחוּר ןיֵלִּאְדּ
desecrate My holy Name,” as the Gemara Yomah teaches in the
7 perek (please see that reference) and this sin of desecrating יֵחוּר ןיֵלִּא יִמידִקְַא ,אָשׁיִדּקַ ןיִלִּמ רַתָבְל שָׁנ רַבּ קיִפַּא
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Hashem’s Name is extremely serious to the point where Chazal ,אָשׁיִדּקַ הָלִּמ אוּהַהְל יִבֲאָסְמוּ ,אָבֲאָסְמ אוּהַה יֵלִּמ אָבֲאָסְמ
have said (Gemara Yomah 86a) that Teshuvah, sufferings and
Yom Kippur would not be sufficient to atone for his sin; only his ַחוּרָבוּ( אָשׁיִדּקַ אָליֵח אָשְׁשָׁתּ לוֹכָיְבִכְו ,שָׁנ רַבּ הֵּל יֵכָז אָלְו
death would atone for it. Please see that source in the Gemara.
He also causes Gd fearing people to remain silent, as that they םיִנֻּמְמ םֵהֶשׁ ,םירִֵחֲא ןיִדּ תוֹח ֹּכ הָמַּכּ םיִיוּלְתּ תאֹזַה הָערָָה
will not be able to give rebuke in this regard. But if man does ,ויִפִּמ םָדָא ןֶבּ איִצוֹמֶּשׁ ,ףָנֻּטְמ רוּבִּדּ וֹא ערַ רוּבּדְִבּ זֹחֱאֶל
discipline himself, it will be possible for him to reprimand others
in the context of the sanctity of speech, and people will not be םֶהיֵיַּחְל יוֹא ,םֶהָל יוֹא .םיִשׁוֹדקְ םירִוּבִּדּ איִצוֹמ ןֵכ ירֲֵחַאְו
able to answer him back “straighten out yourself before you יֵנְפִּמ .אָבַּה םָלוֹעָבּ םֶהָל יוֹא ,הֶזַּה םָלוֹעָבּ םֶהָל יוֹא ,'וּכְו
rebuke others.”
,אוּהַה אֵמָטַּה רוּבִּדַּה תֶא תוֹלְטוֹנ הֶלֵּאָה תוֹאֵמְטַּה תוֹחוּרֶשׁ
[ 11 ] {Gain in time} Also, by virtue of this discipline of guarding
his speech as the law proscribes, assuredly his speech will be ,םיִשׁוֹדקְ םירִוּבִּדּ ךְָכּ רַחַא םָדָאָה ןֶבּ איִצוֹמ רֶשֲׁאַכְו
succinct and to the point in order not to become entrapped (into
sin) by his mouth and he will keep himself distant from groups םיִאֵמְטַּה םירִוּבִּדַּה תֶא הֶלֵּאָה תוֹאֵמְטַּה תוֹחוּר תוֹמיִדּקְַמ
of people, as I wrote above in the [5 ] statement. (With this הֶכוֹז םָדָאָה ןֶבּ ןיֵאְו ,שׁוֹדָקַּה אוּהַה רוּבֵּדַּל םיִאְמַּטְמוּ םֵהָה
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discipline) Necessarily he will have gained for himself several
.וֹנוֹשְׁל ןאָכּ דַע ,)שׁוֹדָקַּה ַח ֹּכַה שָׁלֱחֶנ לוֹכָיְבִכְו ,וֹבּ

113 116 ח קרפ םייח ץפח .רוּבִּדַּה ַחֹכְבּ הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק .]וֹמְצַע ערָָה ןוֹשָׁלִּמ םיִלוֹצִּנ הֶיְהִנֶּשׁ יאַוְלַה וּהֶז ,ךְרַָבְּתִי 'ה לֶשׁ ויָתוְֹצִמ וֹלְצֶא םיִביִבֲחֶשׁ יֵנְפִּמ ,רוּסָאָה רוּבִּדּ יקְֵלֶח לָכִּמ ןיִדַּכּ רוּבִּדַּה ַח ּ ֹכ רֹמְשִׁיֶּשׁ ,םָדָא אֵצָמִּי םִאְו