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Chafetz Chayim הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק .אָבַּבוּ הֶזָבּ וֹל בוֹט הֶיְהִיְו ,הרָיִמְשַּׁה תַבוֹח .]םָבּ רָהְזִנֶּשׁ יִמ וֹקְלֶח ירְֵשַׁאְו ,רוּבִּדַּה ַח ּ ֹכ ןַיְנִע .הֶזָבּ וּניֵלָע שֵׁיֶּשׁ ,הרָיִמְשַּׁה בוּיִּח לדֶֹּג ןֵנוֹבְּתִהְל לדֶֹּג תֶא הֶזִּמ ןֵנוֹבְּתִהְל לַכוּנ ,םיִנָיְנִע רָאְשִׁבּ ןֵכּ וּניִצָמ אלֶֹּשּׁ הַמ .)םיִ
Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
1 chapter א קרפ
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occasionally 100 words of Lashon Hara are spoken in a single םִא וּלִּפֲאַו .דָחֶא םוֹיְבּ םירִוּבִּדּ הָאֵמ םיִמָעְפִל ,םיִבּרַָה
day. And even as he recites (in the Vidduy) “We have sinned, we
have spoken slanderously,” he does not accept upon himself at וֹמְצַע לַע לֵבּקְַמ וֹניֵא - 'יִפ ּדֹ וּנרְַבִּדּ' - 'וּנְמַשָׁא'ְבּ רַמאֹי
all the need to discipline himself from this sin and this does not .לָלְכּ הָבוּשְׁתּ וֹז ןיֵאְו ,הֶזִּמ רֵמָשִּׁהְל לָלְכּ
qualify as Teshuvah at all.

The teaching (statement) of Chazal is well known (Mishnayot הרֵָבֲע רֵבוֹעָה לָכּ' :)א"י 'ד תוֹבָא( ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָאֶשּׁ הַמ ַעוּדָיְו
Avot 4:11), that whoever transgresses a single sin acquires for
himself a single prosecutor. Based on this, this man has acquired ויָלָע שֵׁיֶּשׁ שׁיִאָה ,הֶז יִפְלוּ .'דָחֶא רוֹגֵטקָ וֹל הֶנוֹק ,תַחַא
several thousand prosecutors. It is very likely that because his ויָתוֹנוֲֹע הֶז ידְֵי לַעֶשׁ ,דֹאְמ לוּלָע ,םיִגרְְטקְַמ יֵפְלַא הָמַּכּ
sins greatly exceed his merits, the decree against him, Gd forbid,
for death will be sealed because of it. תֶוָמְל ,םוֹלָשְׁו סַח ,וֹניִדּ רַמְגִנְו ,ויָתוֹיֻּכְזִּמ הֵבּרְַה םיִבּרְֻמ
And the opposite is also so true, that one who conquers his (evil) .הֶז ידְֵי לַע
inclination will accumulate mitzvot at every opportunity, as
Chazal have said (Gemara Makot, 23b in the Mishnah), if man .םַעַפּ לָכְבּ הָוְצִמ וֹל הָפְסוֹנ ,וֹרְצִי תֶא שֵׁבוֹכֶּשׁ יִמ ,ךְֶפֶהְלוּ
sat passively (when confronted with an opportunity to commit וֹל ןיִנְתוֹנ ,הרֵָבֲע רַבָע אלְֹו םָדָא בַשָׁי :):ג"כ תוֹכַּמ( םרָָמֲאַמְכּ
a sin) and did not commit a sin, they give him merit as though
he had performed a mitzvah. It is possible that each day he can הָמַּכְו הָמַּכּ םוֹי לָכְבּ וֹל ףֵסוֹתִּהְל לַכוּיְו .הָוְצִמ הֶשׂוֹעְכּ רָכָשׂ
accumulate many mitzvot and the scales will tilt to the side of וּהֶזְו .הֶז רוּבֲע םיִיַּח וֹל ףֵסוֹתִּיְו ,תוּכְזַּה ףַכּ ַעירְִכַתְו ,תוְֹצִמ
merit and his life will be lengthened because of it. This is the
intent of the pasuk (Tehilim 34:13-14) “Who is the person who םיִיַּח ץֵפָחֶה שׁיִאָה יִמ" :)ד"י-ג"י ד"ל םיִלִּהְתּ( בוּתָכַּה רַמָאֶשׁ
seeks life…guard your tongue from committing ‘bad’.”
."ערֵָמ ךְָנוֹשְׁל רֹצְנ ,'וֹגְו
The wording of the pasuk “who loves days to see good,” is also
very precise. It is known that the days of man who has lived on ןֵכּ םַגּ אוּה ,"בוֹט תוֹארְִל םיִמָי בֵהֹא" :)םָשׁ( רַמָאֶשּׁ הַמוּ
the face of the earth, even after he has died and has now gone to
his place, his days are not gathered (meaning they are not gone יֵנְפּ לַע יַח הָיָהֶשׁ םָדָאָה לֶשׁ ויָמָיְּדּ ,ַעוּדָיְדּ .דֹאְמ קָדּקְדְֻמ
and finished) rather, there is a place for them Above in holiness. ,םיִפָסֱאֶנ םָניֵא ויָמָי ,וֹל ךְַלָהְו רַטְפִנ םִא וּלִּפֲא ,הָמָדֲאָה

Thus it is said of our father Abraham (Beresheet 24:1) “and .הָשּׁדְֻקַּבּ הָלְעַמְל םוֹקָמ םֶהָל שֵׁי יִכּ
Abraham was old, well advanced in years (lit., he came with his
days).” So too with David HaMelech (Melachim I 1:1), that all ןקֵָז םָהרְָבַאְו" :)'א ד"כ תיִשׁארְֵבּ( םָהרְָבַאְבּ רַמֱאֶנ ךְָכיִפְלוּ
of their days were days of sanctity and they are radiant Above,
that all of one’s good deeds for that day are engraved there and םירִיִאְמוּ ,הָשּׁדֻקְִבּ וּיָה םֶהיֵמְי לָכֶּשׁ ,דִוָדְבּ ןֵכְו ,"םיִמָיַּבּ אָבּ
so too all of his words of holiness that he spoke that day. For
this reason we find the expression “he came with his days,” that הָשָׂעֶשׁ םיִבוֹט םיִשֲׂעַמַּה לָכּ םָשׁ םיקִוּקֲחֶשׁ .הָלְעַמְל םָשׁ
there was not even one moment in a day from the time he became .םוֹיַּה וֹתוֹאְבּ רֵבִּדֶּשׁ הָשּׁדְֻקַּה ירְֵבִדּ לָכּ ןֵכְו ,םוֹיַּה וֹתוֹאְבּ
capable of mature thought when he was lacking in his recognition
,דָחֶא םוֹי וּלִּפֲא רֵסָח הָיָה אלֶֹּשׁ ,"םיִמָיַּבּ אָבּ" :רַמָא הֶזָלְו

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