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Chafetz Chayim הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק .]וּלֵּא תוֹנוֲֹע ליִבְשִׁבּ םָבירֲִחַהְל לֵארְָשִׂי .אוּהַה קֶסֵעָה גיִשַּׂיֶּשׁ דַע ,טקְֹשִׁי אלְֹו ַחוּנָי אלֹ .וֹנְקַּתְלוּ וֹמיִלְשַׁהְל ויָלֵא הֶנוֹפּ ןיֵאְו ,םָלוֹעָבֶּשׁ ןוֹה לָכִּמ לוֹדָגּ ןוֹה תֶמֱאֶבּ וּהֶזֶּשׁ ,ןָתָמדְַא לַע לֵארְָשִׂי לָכּ
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Shemirat HaLashon). And even if he sees people will not listen וּנוֹת אלְֹו" :)ז"י ה"כ ארָקְִיַּו( ביִתְכִדּ הָמְכּ ,םירִָבְדּ תַאָנוֹא .ו
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to him, still, he should not become disheartened, but instead he
should strengthen his resolve to uphold the words of Hashem הֶזָבּ רֵהָזִּיְו ,וֹרֵבֲח תֶא טיִנקְַי אלֶֹּשׁ וּנְיַהְו ."וֹתיִמֲע תֶא שׁיִא
Yitbarach. I’ve heard this same idea as being attributed to the לָכְו .).ט"נ אָעיִצְמ אָבָבּ( ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָאֶשׁ וֹמְכּ ,וֹתְּשִׁאְל וּלִּפֲא
Vilna Gaon, that it was specifically for this reason the Torah in
perashat Nitzavim instructs us (Devarim 30:15) “See that today אוּהֶשׁ ,הָמוֹתְי וֹא הָנָמְלַא איִה םִא טרְָפִבוּ ,תֶתרֶָשְׁמַל ןֵכֶּשׁ
I am placing before you life and goodness,” and this pasuk is .דֹאְמ יִליִלְפּ ןוָֹע
expressed in a singular tense in order to teach us that even in a
time, Gd forbid, when the sins of the generation are multiplying
and a reprimand will have no effect on society, nevertheless, each ארָקְִיַּו( ביִתְכִדּ וֹמְכּ ,הָחָכוֹתּ תַעְשִׁבּ וּלִּפֲא ,םיִנָפּ תַנָבְּלַה .ז
individual must strengthen his resolve and know that HaKadosh ."אְטֵח ויָלָע אָשִּׂת אלְֹו ךֶָתיִמֲע תֶא ַחיִכוֹתּ ַחֵכוֹה" :)ז"י ט"י
Baruch Hu is establishing with him a personal covenant with the
Torah. This concept is alluded to in the pasuk (Yeshaya 66:1-2) ןֶפּ ךְָל רֶמָשִּׁה" :)א"י 'ח םירִָבְדּ( ביִתְכִדּ וֹמְכּ ,הָוֲאַגּ ירְֵבִדּ .ח
“This is what Hashem said: Heaven is My seat…and I will look
towards the poor and downtrodden and those who are zealous to אָתיִאדְִכּ ,ַחוּרָה יֵסַּגְל הרָָהְזַא איִהֶשׁ ,"ךָיֶהלֱֹא 'ה תֶא חַכְּשִׁתּ
uphold My word.”
ביִתְכִדּ וֹמְכּ ,רוּסָא בֵלַּבּ וּלִּפֲא הָוֲאַגְו .םָשׁ ןֵיַּע ,.'ה הָטוֹסְבּ
Moreover, one must realize that by virtue of accepting the ."בֵל הַּבְגּ לָכּ 'ה תַבֲעוֹתּ" :)'ה ז"ט יֵלְשִׁמ(
obligation to discipline one’s speech, apart from the fact that
this person will save himself from several forms of inappropriate הֶיְהִי אלְֹו" :)'ה ז"י רָבּדְִמַּבּ( רַמֱאֶנֶּשּׁ הַמִּמ ,תקֶלֲֹחַמ ירְֵבִדּ .ט
speech, he will also receive a separate and distinct reward for
each day that he internalized this obligation to be “guarded” in his אוּהֶשׁ ,).י"ק ןירִדְֶהְנַסְבּ( אָתיִאדְִכְו ."'וּכְו וֹתָדֲעַכְו חרַקְֹכ
speech, as the pasuk states (Tehilim 34:14) “Guard your tongue
from ‘bad’,” even if no challenges of life were presented to him. םירִוּסִּאָה לָכּ וֹבּ לוּלָכְו .תקֶלֲֹחַמְבּ קיִזֲחַהְל אלֶֹּשׁ ,הרָָהְזַא
By way of an example, one who was appointed as a watchman .רֵתֶּהְכּ ל ֹּכַה וֹלְצֶא הֶשֲׂעַנ זָאֶשׁ ,ל"ַנַּה
to guard a treasure will be paid a salary as long as he is guarding
that treasure even if no thieves appear during that time. ,דֹאְמ רוּמָח ןוָֹע אוּהֶשׁ ,הֶזִּמ םַגּ דֹאְמ רֵהָזִּי ,סַעַכּ ירְֵבִדּ .י
[ 16 ] {Kiddush Hashem} All of the ten types of speech that were ידֵיִל אוֹבָל יוּצָמ הֶזִּמ םַגְו .).ב"כ םירִָדְנ( ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָאֶשׁ וֹמְכּ
27. Quoting from the Mazal Elul English translation of Sefer Shemirat
HaLashon, the 4th perek of the Epilogue to Book 1 (Distributed by Feldheim 30. Quoting from the Mazal Elul English translation of the Introduction to
Publishers, 5766): The Zohar Chadash expresses this idea in perashat Sefer Chafetz Chayim, the 15th Lav:
Lech Le’cha: Rebbe Abahu said- Come and see the enormity of the reward The Torah warns us (in very harsh terms) not to abuse \ torment or cause
earned by someone who encourages another Jew to do Teshuvah. Where is them anguish or pain. The punishment for the person that violates this
this concept taught in the Torah? (Answer- Beresheet 14:18) “and Malki- Lav is explicit in the Torah (Shemot 22:23) “My wrath will be aroused and
Tzedek was the king of Shalem.” Rebbe Chiyyah Rabbah taught when the I will kill you by the sword and your wives will become widows and your
soul departs from a righteous person who caused others to make Teshuvah, children orphans.”
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