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Torah and his learning will be enhanced.
minimizes his socialization will free up time to study
In this chapter I will discuss the idea that one who
153 ’11.
discipline one’s speech.
that govern \ that are relevant to the obligation to
In this chapter I will discuss the conditions (qualities)
143 ’10.
within one’s speech.
speaks. Perhaps one of these aspects is contained
of forbidden speech that must be avoided when one
In this chapter I will discuss ten different aspects
133 ‘9.
one’s speech.
that are the outcome of one’s obligation to discipline
In this chapter I will explain 16 virtues (benefits)
101 ‘8.
likely to exceed his merits.
of one who does not discipline his speech are very
on one’s speech and thought. The transgressions
the discipline (yoke) of mitzvot that are contingent
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‘7.
In this chapter I will explain the obligation to accept
sin.
and lies in ambush there in order to cause him to
Hara crouches by the openings of his mouth (lips)
open only when necessary. Also, that man’s Yetzer
care that it is not constantly open, but rather it is
an opening (like a door opening) and he must take
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‘6.
In this chapter I will explain that man’s mouth is like
about other topics.
Heaven accounts it as a merit. I will also speak
sense, when one speaks well of his fellow Jew,
prosecute against the speaker. But in an opposite
is aroused Above and the attending angels will
sin of Lashon Hara, the Attribute of Strict Justice
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‘5.
In this chapter I will explain that by virtue of the
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Preface
םייח ץפח Chafetz Chayim Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah and hasten the Geulah quickly in our lifetime, Amen. before Hashem Yitbarach and He will hasten our redemption, so doing, our prayers and bless
הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
החיתפ
ד"סב
םייח ץפח רפס ,דֵסְפֶה וֹבּ שֵׁי יַלוּא וֹבּ ןֵנוֹבְּתִהְל וֹקְסִעְבּ ךְָכּ לָכּ זירִָז וֹניֵאְדּ
ונתב תמשנ יוליעל שדקומ
ה"ע הדירפ תב לזמ הרָוֹתּ וּנְיַהְדּ ,חַצֶנָל םָדָאָל םיִמָיַּקַּה םיִסָכְנ לַע זֵמּרְַמ אָלֶּא
ברֵָעְתִמ םִא ,םָתוֹדוֹא םוֹי לָכְבּ ןֵנוֹבְּתִהְל ךְירִָצֶּשׁ ,תוְֹצִמוּ
This sefer is dedicated
Le’Iluy Nishmat our daughter .)הֶזָבּ רָמֲאַמַּה לָכּ םָשׁ יִתְּשׁרֵַפֶּשׁ ,ןוֹשָׁלַּה תרַיִמְשִׁבּ ןֵיַּע( םָבּ רֶצֵיַּה
Mazal Bat Frieda A"H
םירִוּסֲאָה םירִוּבִּדּ ידְֵי לַעֶשׁ ,ןֵנוֹבְּתִהְל םָדָאָל וֹל שֵׁי דוֹע .ב
A Remembrance of Mazal
ביִתְכִדּ וֹמְכּ ,םִיַתָפְשַּׂה לַע הָאְמֻט ךְיִשְׁמַמ אוּה ,רֵבּדְַמ אוּהֶשׁ
A woman’s role in life is to actively partner with HaKadosh ."יִכֹנָא םִיַתָפְשׂ אֵמְט שׁיִא יִכּ" :)'ה 'ו הָיְעַשְׁי(
Baruch Hu in sustaining His world by building a family in great
modesty, joyfully nurturing all of its members and implanting :רַמָא אָיִּח 'ר :ערָֹצְמ תַשׁרָָפּ שׁוֹדָקַּה רַהֹּזַבּ אָתיִאְדּ אָהְו[
within them lasting values of Torah and Chessed. That constant
effort spans an entire lifetime; nothing comes without her 'וּכְו יוֹפְּיַשׁ לָכּ הֵּל ןָבֲאָתְּסִא אָשׁיִבּ אָנָשִּׁל קיִפַּאְדּ ןאַמ לָכּ
investment of time and total involvement. Her fulfillment comes .)וירָָביֵא לָכּ וֹל םיִאָמְטִנ ,ערָָה ןוֹשָׁל איִצוֹמֶּשׁ יִמ לָכּ(
from encouraging her husband to grow and from the pleasure
at watching her children mature with a sense of happiness and לַע הָאְמֻט וֹמְצַע לַע ךְיִשְׁמִה אוּהֶשׁ ןָויֵכִּמ ,ךְָכּ רַחַא וּנְיַה
stability that will give them the ability to deal with all of life’s
challenges. לָכּ תֶא הֵבּרְַה וֹתוֹא אֵמַּטְל ארֲָחַא ארְָטִסַּה ַחֹכְבּ שֵׁי ,ויָתָפְשׂ
.]וֹשְׁפַנ ירְֵביֵא
Mazal fulfilled this role and more during her 34 years. She had
a joy for life that anchored her family and touched everyone רָהְטִנ םָשְׁדּ .הָלֵבְנִבּ אָמְטִנֶּשׁ יִמִּמ רֵתוֹי הָעוּרְגּ וֹז הָאְמֻטְו
because she sincerely loved and cared for them, and in turn they
all loved her. She was the ultimate giver, always pleasant and לָכְבּ רָהְטִנ וֹניֵאֶשׁ ,הֶזָבּ ןֵכּ ןיֵאֶשּׁ הַמ ,םִיַמ הֵוקְִמ ידְֵי לַע
helpful, always accepting Hashem’s will without any expression
of personal need or hardship, with charm and grace, with ךְיִשְׁמִהֶשׁ ןָויֵכּ ,דוֹע אלְֹו .הָבוּשְׁתּ אלְֹבּ םָלוֹעָבֶּשׁ תוֹמיֵמ
humor and a fierce dedication for the well being of her young הָאְמֻטַּה ַח ֹּכֶשׁ םרַָגּ ,טַעְמ וּלִּפֲא וֹשְׁפַנ לַע הָאְמֻט וֹמְצַעְבּ
children. With absolute faith in Hashem she never worried
about tomorrow; she was focused on today and on the good that אָמוֹיְבּ םרָָמֲאַמְכּ ,]וֹתָמְשִׁנ שׁרֶֹשׁ לַע[ הָלְעַמְלִמ וֹתוֹא אֵמַּטְי
could be done today. She knew better than most of us that life וֹתוֹא ןיִאְמַּטְמ - הָטַּמְלִּמ וֹמְצַע אֵמַּטְמ םָדָא :).ט"ל ףַדּ(
is precious and she would strive not to waste a moment of it.
She was a living Kiddush Hashem and an example of how we all .הֵבּרְַה וֹתוֹא ןיִאְמַּטְמ - טַעְמ ,הָלְעַמְלִמ
should lead our lives.
רֹצְנ' :הָלִּפְתַּה רַחַא ףֶכֵתּ םוֹי לָכְבּ 'הֵמ םיִשׁקְַבְמ וּנָא .ג
th
Mazal was born on the 27 of Nissan 5732
th
Mazal’s neshamah returned home on the 27 of Elul 5766. וּנָאֶשְׁכּ ?וֹז הָשָׁקַּבּ תֶכֶיַּשׁ יַתָמיֵא לָבֲא .'וּכְו 'ערֵָמ יִנוֹשְׁל
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of Shemirat HaLashon as intended for us by Hashem Yitbarach.
This instruction gives purpose and fulfillment to practicing a life
4. A reference to the First Man’s responsibility to preserve Gan Eden.
within Kuntres Zachor LeMiryam.
the physical practice of this limud is contained
is described by the pasuk as (Beresheet 9:6) “He created man
The Chizuk, the encouragement which accompanies
by virtue of our fulfillment of Torah and mitzvot. This (concept)
Yetzer Hara.
by Gd Himself and He then gave us the power to achieve all this
imparted by Shemirat HaLashon against the onslaught of one’s
2:3) “that Elokim created to do,” that the initial roots were created
and by the gentle, patient administering of the immunization
commentary on Sefer Beresheet regarding the pasuk (Beresheet
plantings. This is similar to what the Ramban wrote in his
of our service (to Hashem) there still are created very beautiful
HaShemirah and Kuntres Kevod Shamayim.
Yet even now that we have been banished from there, by virtue
level is the essential purpose of Kuntres Chovat
mitzvah a beautiful plant would have been planted in Gan Eden.
to one’s fellow Jew on a familial and communal
to become a pleasant, whole person, empathetic
have seen with our own eyes that by our performance of each
Character building, the instruction necessary
Eden) we would have fulfilled all of the mitzvot. We would
us) there, just as it was given later at Mt Sinai, and there (in Gan
nature and are a consequence of living Shemirat HaLashon;
banished from Gan Eden, the Torah would have been given (to
endearing midot which will become a part of this person’s human
commandments. Meaning, (namely) that if we had not been
By demonstrating the character enhancements – the pleasant and
commandments, “to protect it,” these are the negative (passive)
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and to protect it.” “to work it” these are the positive (proactive)
how it relates to our personal lives.
of our sages of blessed memory, (Beresheet 2:15) “to work it
this subject in Hashem’s Torah, and by extension
th
HaTorah, 10 perek [in the Hagahah], regarding the teaching
showing us over and over again the appearance of
(As was explained in my sefer, Shem Olam, Sha’ar HaChezkat
Shemirat HaLashon to our everyday lives by
Shemirat HaLashon – Book 1, in order to relate
trivialized.
Book 2 was written about thirty-five years after
to protect his soul will not endure as long as his speech is
that Hashem Himself ascribes to this limud Torah;
with weeds and thistles, and all of the safeguards man developed
his speech, then he will find that his “vineyard” is overgrown
By showing him how to relate to these laws and the importance
one must protect it and guard it very well. But if man trivializes
vineyard in Gan Eden as is written in our holy writings. Thus
work without the other.
by virtue of his Torah and good deeds is capable of planting a
components of Shemirat HaLashon, one cannot
The explanation (of this parable) is as follows: every single Jew,
the mussar and the halacha are necessary integral
it is the “how to” of Shemirat HaLashon. Both
fence was breached.
Torah of forbidden foods or the Torah of Shabbat;
overgrown with weeds and thistles and a (surrounding) stone
forbidden to us by the Torah, no different than the
and the vineyard of an uncaring person and behold they were
constitutes language and communication that is
this in) Mishle (24:30-31) “I passed by the field of a lazy man
Sefer Chafetz Chayim is the structured law of what
beautiful fruit that he hoped for. (Shelomo HaMelech expresses
application;
carefully illustrating those laws with practical examples of their
Introduction
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Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah
Chafetz Chayim