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החיתפ
םייח ץפח
Chafetz Chayim םימש דובכ סרטנוק ערָ רָב ּ ָד :)'ג אֵצֵת תַשׁרָ ּ ָפ אָמוּחְנ ּ ַת( ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָאְו ."ערָ רָב ּ ָד
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[ 4 ] One who forms a friendship with an evil person. It is not
enough that one did not rebuke this evil person but that he now
associates with him as a friend. Regarding this, the pasuk states
(Divrei HaYamim II 20:37) “Because you allied yourself with a
Rasha, Hashem has destroyed your actions.”
[ 5 ] A person who is trusted by society wants to promote a friend
or a relative, and this person tells people that he is wise, and
in reality he is not wise. This now becomes a problem and the
cause for making mistakes because people believe his opinion.
So too if a person says that so-and-so is trustworthy when in fact
he has no knowledge of him, perhaps people will listen to this
person and appoint so-and-so to manage their affairs and in the
end they will be ruined because of him.
[ 6 ] Someone who has the ability to reprimand someone else
and does not, and ignores the actions of sinners, this also is
included in the realm of flattery, since he flatters this person by
not expressing an objection to his actions.
[ 7 ] Someone who sees that the people in his community are
obstinate and says to himself “Maybe they won’t listen to what
I’m telling them and they won’t accept my rebuke” and so he
keeps his mouth closed, this person is also culpable for bringing
his sin onto himself. However, if it is common public knowledge
that this sinner despises mussar and won’t listen to the voice of
instruction, regarding this, Shelomo HaMelech writes in Mishle
(9:8) “Do not rebuke a scoffer \ mocker because he might come
to hate you.”
[ 8 ] If someone hears people speaking Lashon Hara or vile words,
or is sitting among gamblers who insult the Torah and mitzvot,
and he remains quiet, even though he knows by experience
that they won’t listen to him, nevertheless he will be punished,
because people will say that he is just like them and that he agrees
with what they say, since he heard them and said nothing. (This
is not comparable to what I wrote in the immediately preceding
seventh rule, because there he was not associating with them).
This person is obliged to answer them back and to be angry (to
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ל ּ ֹכִמ ּ ָתרְַמְשִׁנְו ךָיֶבְיוֹא לַע הֶנֲחַמ אֵצֵת י ּ ִכ" :)'י ג"כ םירִָב ּ דְ( םיִטְפֹשׁ תַשׁרָָפְבוּ .םָדוֹב ּ ְכ לַע שָׁח אלְֹו ,הָלוֹדּ ְג תוּכירֲִא ּ ַב שׁ
הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
די קרפ
וֹמְכּ לָבֲא ,וּהֵחיִכוֹי אלֹ רֶשֲׁא יַדּ אלְֹו ,עָשׁרָָל רֵבַּחְתִמַּה .ד
'כ ,'ב םיִמָיַּה ירְֵבִדּ( עָשׁרָָל ךָרְֶבַּחְתִהְבּ רַמֱאֶנְו ,וּהֵברְקְָי רֵבָח
."ךָיֶשֲׂעַמ תֶא 'ה ץרַָפּ" :)ז"ל
דַחַא אֵשַּׂנְל ןֵוַּכְּתִיְו ,וירָָבדְִבּ םָדָא יֵנְבּ וּניִמֲאַי יִכּ שׁיִא .ה
שׁיִא אוּה יִכּ ויָלָע רַמאֹיְו ,ויָלֵא בוֹרָקַּה וֹלֲאוֹגּ וֹא ,םָעָה
וּכְמְסִי יִכּ ,לוֹשְׁכִמ רוּצְל הָיָהְו ,םָכָח אלֹ ןֵבּ אוּהְו ,םָכָח
,ַחוּר ןַמֱאֶנ אוּה יִכּ ,שׁיִאָה לַע רַמאֹי יִכּ ןֵכְו .ויָתוֹארָוֹה לַע
,ַעֵמוֹשַּׁה עַמְשִׁי יַלוּאְו ,םיִנוּמֱא שׁיִא אוּה םִא וֹריִכִּה אלְֹו
.וֹבּ שֶׁחַכְי ףוֹסַּבְלוּ ,וֹתיֵבּ לַע וּהדֵיקְִפַיְו
םיִאָטַּחַה הֵשֲׂעַמ לַעְו ,הֶחוֹמ וֹניֵאְו ,תוֹחְמִל וֹדָיְבּ שֵׁיֶּשׁ יִמ .ו
וֹניֵאְו ,םֶהָל ףיִנֲחַמֶּשׁ ,הָפֻּנֲח רדֶֶגְבּ סָנְכִנ הֶז םַגּ ,ַחיִגְּשַׁי אלֹ
.םָדָיְבּ הֶחוֹמ
,וֹבִּלְבּ רֵמוֹאְו ,ףרֶֹע הֵשׁקְ םַע וֹמוֹקְמ יֵשְׁנַא תֶא הֶאוֹרָה .ז
ןֵכּ לַעְו ,יִתְּחַכוֹתּ וּלְבּקְַי אלְֹו ,ירַָבְדּ לֶא וּביִשׁקְַי אלֹ יַלוּא
יִכּ ,ל ֹּכַל יוּלָגּ רָבָדַּה םִא ןֵכָא .אָשִּׂי וֹנוֲֹע הֶז םַגּ ,ויִפּ ךְשְׂחַי
רַמֱאֶנ הֶז לַע ,וירָוֹמ לוֹקְל עַמְשִׁי אלְֹו ,רָסוּמ אֵנָשׂ אֵטוֹחַה
."ָךֶּאָנְשִׂי ןֶפּ ץֵל חַכוֹתּ לַא" :)'ח 'ט יֵלְשִׁמ(
ירְֵבִדּ וֹא ,ערָָה ןוֹשָׁל םירְִבּדְַמ םָדָא יֵנְבּ עַמְשִׁי םִא .ח
.קֵתוֹשְׁו ,הָוְצִמוּ הרָוֹתּ יֵזוֹבּ םיקֲִחַשְׂמ דוֹסְבּ בֵשׁוֹי וֹא ,הָלָבְנ
,וּרְמאֹי ןֶפּ .שֵׁנָעֵי ,וֹל וּעְמְשִׁי אלֶֹּשׁ וֹלְצֶא ןָחְבִנְו ַעוּדָיֶּשׁ ףַא
.קֵתוֹשְׁו ַעֵמוֹשֶּׁשׁ רַחַאֵמ ,םֶהירְֵבדְִל הָדוֹהְו םָתוֹמְכּ אוּה יִכּ
בֵשׁוֹי וֹניֵא םָשֶּׁשׁ ,םדֵוֹקַּה 'ז ףיִעָסְדּ אָהְל הֶמוֹדּ וֹניֵאְו[
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