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ב קרפ
םייח ץפח
Chafetz Chayim םימש דובכ סרטנוק .).ו"ט ןיִכרֲָע ּ ַב םָשׁ( תוֹקְלַמ םַגְו .ערָָה ןוֹשָׁל ןוֲֹע לַע א ּ ָלֶא ,םָני ּ דִ .לֵאוּמְשׁ ּ ִב בוּת ּ ָכֶשׁ וֹמ ּ ְכ ,ויָלָע רַמֱאּ ֶנַה .]תוּדיִמְת ּ ִב רֵבוֹע ּ ָב ירְֵיַמ ּ דְ ,םיִנוֹשׁארִָה וּשׁרְ ּ ֵפ ן ּ ֵכ .יִתיִשָׂע .)םָלוֹע ּ ָב גרֶֶהְו ברֶֶ
Kuntres Kevod Shamayim םימש דובכ סרטנוק
3 chapter ד קרפ
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Therefore, let each one of us be encouraged to quickly uproot the
baseless hatred and Lashon Hara among us and then, necessarily,
the King will immediately return to His home. Every one of us
who rushes to correct this matter will earn a very great merit. 'ד קרֶֶּפ
Therefore, my brothers and friends, let us fulfill (the prophecy
of) what is written at the end of Sefer Malachi (3:16) “Then
those who fear Hashem spoke to one another (to encourage each .יוּארָָּכ תוְֹצִמ לֹע תַלָּבקְַל תוּררְוֹעְתִה
other)” meaning, to correct what we have continued to ruin up
until now, and to be careful (to avoid this sin) now and in the
future.

The most important thing to do is to arouse Gd fearing people, אָתיִא אלֲֹה .ויָלָע ןיִנְנוֹבְּתִמ וּנָא ןיֵאֶשׁ ,ארָוֹנ ןָיְנִע שֵׁי דוֹעְו
so that each one of them will see to it to arouse their friends and
acquaintances, to publicize the enormity of this esur. Because ?'ַעוֹמָשׁ םִא הָיָהְו'ִל 'עַמְשׁ' הָמדְקָ ה ָּמָל :).ג"י תוֹכרָ ְּב( ארָָמְּג ַּב
of the force of habit, the topic of Shemirat HaLashon (the laws ךְ ָּכ רַחַאְו ,ה ָּלִח ְּת םִיַמָשׁ תוּכְלַמ לֹע ויָלָע ל ֵּבקְַּיֶשׁ ידֵ ְּכ )א ָּלֶא(
associated with the esur of Lashon Hara and the esur of Rechilut)
has been relegated to the status of (merely) good behavior (and :ךְ ָּכ רַחַא םיִמְּיַסְמ וּנָא הֶז יֵנ ְּפִמוּ .תוְֹצ ִּמַה לֹע ויָלָע ל ֵּבקְַי
not obligatory; and the fact that these are the laws of the Torah 'וּכְו םידִָמֱחֶנְו םיִמָּיקְַו םיִיָח וירָָבדְוּ 'וּכְו ןוֹכָנְו בי ִּצַיְו תֶמֱא'
has been all but dismissed).
אוּהְו ,''וּכְו וּניֵתוֹרוֹדּ לַעְו וּניֵנ ָּב לַע וּניֵלָעְו וּניֵתוֹבֲא לַע
One man asked me - After I aroused many other people to the
enormity of this sin, as Chazal have said (Geamara Arachin 15b) .תוְֹצ ִּמַהְו הרָוֹתַּה םוּיּקִ לַע תי ִּתִמֲא הָל ָּבקַ תֶמֱא ֶּב
that their sin is amplified until it reaches the Heavens, I know
that I too am guilty of violating this sin many hundreds of times
and I have no recollection at all (of the people I defamed and) ל ֵּבקַ ְּמֶשׁ תוְֹצ ִּמַה ןֵה הַמ ,וֹשְׁפַנְב םָדָאָה ןֵנוֹבְּתִי רֶשֲׁא ַּכ לָבֲא
how to mollify and appease these people. And by the example
I set, because I am an observant Jew, many people learned not ןיִוא ָּל ַּב ןֵהְו ,הֵשֲׂע תוְֹצִמ ְּב ןֵה ,ןָמְּיקְַל וֹשְׁפַנ לַע םָדָאָה
to be careful regarding this matter. What should I do (by way of .טַעְמַה ןִמ טַעְמ קרַ ,ןֶהֵמ רֵכוֹז וֹניֵא ,ןֶהיֵלֲע רֹבֲעַל אלֶֹּשׁ
atonement) to regain Hashem’s grace.
,םוֹי לָכ ְּב םיִיוּצ ְּמֶשׁ ,רוּבּ ּדִַה קֶלֵח ְּב ןִיוּל ְּתֶשׁ ןיִוא ָּלַה טרְָפִבוּ
The answer to this question is as follows: The teaching of
Chazal is well known Midrash Tanchumah, Beh’shalach), that הֶז לַע לָל ְּכ וֹתְּע ּדַ ןֵתוֹנ וֹניֵא ,הרֵָתְי הרָיִמְשׁ הֶזָל תֶכרְֶצִנְו
the method by which Tzadikim committed a sin should be the ,'ַעוֹמָשׁ םִא הָיָהְו' רַמָאֶשׁ וֹז ָּכ הָל ָּבקַ יִכְו .ןֶה ָּב ריִהָז תוֹיְהִל
method by which they create a remedy and regain Hashem’s
grace. And so one should see to it to teach this subject in public אלֲֹה ,הָל ָּבקְַל תֶבֶשְׁחֶנ ,ל ֵּב ּקִ הַמ לָל ְּכ רֵכוֹז וֹניֵא לָבֲא
(i.e., to learn the laws of esurei Lashon Hara and the laws of םַגְו ,ויָלָע תוֹל ָּט ֻּמֶשׁ תוְֹצ ִּמַה ַעדֵוֹי םָדָאָה םִא ,יוּלָּג ויָנָפְל
esurei Rechilut in the framework of a learning group that meets
regularly) in a rigorous way using the sefarim of our Authorities .ןָמְּיקְַל וֹשְׁפַנ לַע ל ֵּבקִ םִא

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