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Chafetz Chayim םימש דובכ סרטנוק .ץוּחַל ל ּ ֹכַה הֶחדְִנ ,דַחַי ּ ְב הָאְמ ּ ֻטַה ירְֵבדְִו הָשּׁדֻ ּ קְַה ירְֵב ּ דִ
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important to be careful to avoid this bitter sin that causes the
Shehchinah to leave, Gd forbid.
[ 14 ] (Emphatically) How so very important it is to be careful
to avoid this sin is taught by Chazal in a statement that is well
known to all (Yerushalmi Yomah 5a), that in every generation in
which the Beit HaMikdash was not built in its time is considered,
Gd forbid, as if it was a partner to its destruction; as is known
that this sin was the prime reason for the destruction of the Beit
HaMikdash.
[ 15 ] Contained within the will of Rebbe Eliezer the Great is
the following instruction to his son Hurkanos: “Do not sit in
the company of those people who speak disparagingly of their
fellow Jew, because when their words ascend On High they are
inscribed in a book and everyone who was assembled within that
group is recorded as being part of an evil group of people (even
if they are passive and don’t participate in the conversation. The
mere act of standing in that group is enough to characterize
this person as a ‘Rasha’). With absolute certainty, a spirit
of awesome defilement hovers over this entire group and the
Yetzer Hara incites everyone in that group to participate in that
conversation with various stories (i.e., Lashon Hara) in order that
every person in that group will be judged at some future time to
receive a profound (horrible) punishment together with all of his
companions. All this is derived from a well-known Mishnah (in
Gemara Makkot 5b) One who is attached (in any way at all) to a
group of sinners will be punished just the same as those sinners.
Therefore anyone who has any sense will run away from these
kinds of people just as he would run away from a fire.
[ 16 ] The Tosefta (Peh’ah 1:2) (cited in the Yerushalmi Peh’ah
1:1) contains the following statement which is also quoted in
Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (SeMag Lav #9). Payment is exacted in this
world for three sins while the principal punishment is left for Olam
Haba. These are the three sins: Idol worship, forbidden intimate
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Preface
ץרֶֶשַּׁה הּ ּ ָב עַגָנ רֶשֲׁא ּ ַכ ,הָמוּרְת ּ דִ אָיְמ ּ דֻ אוּהְו .)שׁוֹד ּ קַָה ַח ּ ֹכַה שָׁלְחֶנ לוֹכָיְבִכְו ,הָשּׁדֻ ּ קְַה רַבדְ ּ ִב ,וֹבּ הֶכוֹז םָדָאָה ןיֵאְו .
םימש דובכ סרטנוק
א קרפ
.ה ֵּברְַה תֶלֶלוֹכּ 'וּקיִחרְַה' תַבֵתְו .א ָּבַה םָלוֹעָבוּ הֶּזַה םָלוֹע ָּב
תוֹמְשׁ( קוּס ָּפַה לַע ).א"ל ף ּדַ( תוֹעוּבְשׁ ִּב ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָאֶשׁ ןיֵע ְּכ
ןא ָּכ ןיֵאְו ,ארָָמְּג ַּב םָשׁ ןֵּיַע ,"קָחרְ ִּת רקֶֶשׁ רַב ּדְִמ" :)'ז ג"כ
.ךְירֲִאַהְל םוֹקָמ
הָלוֹדְּג הָלֲעַמ ידֵיִל הֶכוֹז ,וֹמְצַע רֵמוֹשֶּׁשׁ תֵעָה ל ָּכ רוּבֲע .ד
עַגרֶ ל ָּכ לַעֶשׁ ,שׁרָדְ ִּמַה םֵשׁ ְּב א"רְָּגַה בַת ָּכֶשׁ וֹמ ְּכ .ןדֵֶע ןַג ְּב
ךְָאְלַמ ל ָּכ ןיֵאֶשׁ ,זוּנָּגַה רוֹאָל הֶכוֹז ,וי ִּפ םֵסוֹח םָדָאֶשׁ ,עַגרֶָו
.רֵעַשְׁל םיִלוֹכְי הָּירְִבוּ
לַע םָלוֹעָה םֵּיקְַת ִּמֶשׁ ,וי ִּפ תַמיִסֲח ידְֵי לַע הֶכוֹז םיִמָעְפִלְו .ה
וֹמְצַע תֶא שֵׁבוֹכּ אוּהְו ,הֶּז ַּבְת ִּמֶשׁ ,הָבירְִמ תַעְשׁ ִּב :ןוֹג ְּכ .וֹדָי
בוֹיִּא( קוּס ָּפַה לַע ).ט"פ ןי ִּלֻח( ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָאֶשׁ וֹמ ְּכ .תוֹנֲעַל אלֶֹּשׁ
לַע ?םָּיקַ םָלוֹעָה יִמ לַע ."הָמיִל ְּב לַע ץרֶֶא הֶל ֹּת" :)'ז ו"כ
םיִמָעְפִל ּדְ .ה ָּדִמ ְּב ה ָּדִמ אוּהְו .הָבירְִמ תַעְשׁ ִּב וי ִּפ םֵלוֹבֶּשׁ יִמ
,הֶל ָּכִהְל םָלוֹעָה לוֹכָיְו ,ןיִגוּרְט ּקִַה וּבּרְַתִנ תוֹנוֲֹעָה ידְֵי לַע
יִחָא אָנ הֵארְוּ .םֶהי ִּפ ןיִמְתוֹס וֹזַּה הָשׁוֹד ּקְַה ה ָּדִמ ידְֵי לַעְו
ירֲֵהֶשׁ ,ךְ ָּכ ל ָּכ בוּשָׁח םָדָא הָיָה אלֶֹּשׁ ,טוֹל וּלִּפֲאֶשׁ ,דוֹע
"םדֶ ּקִֶמ טוֹל ע ַּסִּיַו" :)א"י ג"י תיִשׁארֵ ְּב( ויָלָע ב ַּתְכִנ בוּת ָּכ ַּב
,רַמָא םָהרְָבַאֶשׁ עַמָשֶּׁשׁ יֵנ ְּפִמ ,יִכָה וּלִּפֲא .)י"ִשּׁרַ שׁוּר ֵּפ ןֵּיַע(
,הָשּׁרְֻי וֹל ק ֵּלִחְו ,וֹערְַז ְּכ בוּת ָּכַה וֹאָשֲׂע ,קַתָשְׁו ,איִה יִתוֹחֲא
לקַ ְּב ןוֹדִּנ הֵּנִּמוּ .םירִָב ּדְ תַשׁרָ ָּפ שׁ ָּמֻח ַּב י"ִשּׁרַ שׁרַ ֵּפֶשׁ וֹמ ְּכ
יִלֵארְְשִּׂיַה שׁיִאֶשׁ ְּכ ,ל ֹּכַה ןוֹדֲאֵמ וּעיִּגַי תוֹבוֹט ה ָּמ ַּכ ,רֶמֹחָו
.הֶז ָּב אֵצוֹיַּכְו ,הָבירְִמ תַעְשׁ ִּב ר ֵּבדַ ְּלִמ וי ִּפ םֵסוֹח
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