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Chafetz Chayim הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק ."רָאָפְּתֶא ךְָבּ רֶשֲׁא לֵארְָשִׂי" :)'ג .ןָמְיּקְַמֶּשׁ םדֶקֹ הֶהוֹשׁ ,תוְֹצִמ רָאְשִׁבּ ןֵכּ ןיֵאֶשּׁ הַמ ט"מ הָיְעַשְׁי( בוּתָכֶּשׁ וֹמְכּ ,הָלְעַמְל וֹבּ רֵאָפְּתִמוּ ."ויָשֲׂעַמְבּ 'ה בוּתָכַּה דֵחִי הֶז לָכּ רוּבֲעַו .דֹאְמ רָצקָ ןַמְזִבּ םיִגרְְטקְַמ תוֹאֵמ הָמַּכּ ארְֹבִל לו
Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah
Introduction

to be protected from this sin, only then can we request of Hashem Chafetz Chayim
to help us in this regard. However, if man carelessly discards this Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah
request how can we request this (protection) from Hashem? We Kuntres Kevod Shamayim
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