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Chafetz Chayim הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק לָכּ ךְירִָצ ןֵכּ לַעְו .הֶזָבּ הָשָׂעֶשׁ הָלְוַעָה לדֶֹּג תֶא דיִמָתּ וֹרְכָזְבּ ,וֹשְׁפַנ תֶא םֵחַנְל םיִמוּחְנַתּ םוּשׁ זָא וֹל וּליִעוֹי אלְֹו .הָשׁוּבַּה יֵנְפִּמ ויָנָפּ תֶא אָשִּׂל לַכוּי ךְיֵאְו ,הֶז לַע םָלוֹעֵמ רֵמרְַמְתִה אלְֹו ,םָלוֹעָה הֶז
Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
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of Hashem his Creator. But that is not so for one who does not 'א קרֶֶפּ
follow in the path of Hashem, his days will be dark, without
any light in them at all, because he caused a spirit of Tumah to
envelop them. יֵעָבּ ןאַמ ,יֵיַּח יֵעָבּ ןאַמ :ארָָמְגַּה רַמֲאַמ רַאֹבְי וֹבּ
It is for this reason the pasuk states “Who is the person…who ."בוֹט תוֹארְִל םיִמָי בֵהֹא" :קוּסָפַּה םַגְו ,יֵיַּח
loves days to see good,” meaning that he hopes throughout his
life to see the good in them (just as one hopes that he will find ןאַמ :ירְֵדְּנַסְכֶּלַא 'ר זירְִכַמ :):ט"י הרָָז הָדוֹבֲעַבּ( ןַנירְִמָא
pleasure in his children as they grow up) “guard your mouth from .)םיִיַּח הֶצוֹר יִמ ,םיִיַּח הֶצוֹר יִמ( ?יֵיַּח יֵעָבּ ןאַמ ?יֵיַּח יֵעָבּ
‘bad,’ then one can hope to find within them pleasure and “good.”
But if it is, Gd forbid, just the opposite, Hashem should protect us .יֵיַּח ןָל בַה :הֵּל וּרְמָא .הֵּבַּגְל וּתָאְו אָמְלָע יֵלֻּכּ ףיִנְכִא
from it, regarding this circumstance Rebbe Alexandri said “Who
wants life? Who wants life,” meaning both in this world and in וּאָבוּ ]םיִשָׁנֲאָה לָכּ ,רַמוֹלְכּ[ םָלוֹעָה לָכּ ףֵסַּאְתִה( וּהְל רַמֲא
Olam Haba. -ג"י ד"ל םיִלִּהְתּ( )םֶהָל רַמָא .םיִיַּח וּנָל ןֵתּ :וֹל וּרַמֲא וֹלְצֶא

Furthermore, I have said that man should search within his soul, רֹצְנ ,בוֹט תוֹארְִל םיִמָי בֵהֹא םיִיַּח ץֵפָחֶה שׁיִאָה יִמ" :)ד"י
that if he had children and heard someone publicly belittling
them, he would have a great many complaints against that man ."'וֹגְו ערֵָמ ךְָנוֹשְׁל
because of what he said. He (the father) would have said to him: הָיָהֶשׁ תֵעְבִדּ ,הֶארְִנְו ?ירְֵדְּנַסְכֶּלַא 'ר שֵׁדִּח הַמ הרָוֹאְכִל
“If your intent was for the good of my children, you should have
rebuked them privately and it is possible they would have listened הֶזיֵא וֹל שֵׁיֶּשׁ ,ל ֹּכַה םירִוּבְס וּיָה ,יֵיַּח יֵעָבּ ןאַמ ,זירְִכַמ
to you, as the Torah instructs us (Vayikrah 19:17) “Reprimand
your fellow Jew, etc.” and I would have been greatly appreciative וּתָאְו אָמְלָע יֵלֻּכּ ףוּנָכ הֶזָלְו ,םיִמָי תוּכירֲִאַל םרֵוֹגֶּשׁ םַס
for what you did. But not in this instance, because your intent וּיְהִיֶּשׁ ליִעוֹמ רֶשֲׁא ,יִנָחוּר םַס שֵׁיֶּשׁ םֶהָל הָארְֶהְו .הֵּבַּגְל
was solely to publicly humiliate them. So too literally regarding
this sin, man must understand who he is speaking about. He .הֶזַּה םָלוֹעָבּ שָׁמַּמ םיִמָי תוּכירֲִא
is speaking about the children of HaKadosh Baruch Hu, who
are called “Hashem’s children,” as the pasuk relates (Devarim ןיִכרֲָע( ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָאֶשּׁ הַמ ַעוּדָי יִכּ .תָצקְ וּנירֵָבְדּ רֵאָבְנוּ
14:1) “You are children to Hashem your Gd.” And since nothing שֵׁיְו .םִיַמָשַּׁל דַע ויָתוֹנוֲֹע ליִדְּגַמ ,ערָָה ןוֹשָׁל רֵפַּסְמַה :):ו"ט
beneficial can come from his remarks, most certainly HaKadosh
Baruch Hu will be angry with him because of what he did. רוּבִּדּ לָכּ יִכּ .הֵּטָשְׁפִכּ םֶהֵמ דָחֶאְו .םירִוּאֵבּ הָמַּכּ הֶז לַע
(Unless he first reprimanded him and he did not listen, and the לָכֶּשׁ וֹמְכּ ,וֹמְצַע יֵנְפִבּ ןוָֹע אוּה ערָָה ןוֹשָׁל לֶשׁ רוּבּדְִו
sin he committed was widely known throughout Jewish society
to be a sin. Regarding the details of this law, please reference יִמ אָצְמִנְו .הָּמְצַע יֵנְפִבּ הָוְצִמ אוּה הרָוֹתּ ירְֵבִדּ לֶשׁ רוּבִּדּ
Sefer Chafetz Chayim, in the 4 Kelal).
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הָנָשׁ לָכְבּ ויָלָע ףֵסוֹתִּי ,הֶז ןוָֹעְבּ ,םוֹלָשְׁו סַח ,ליִגרָ אוּהֶשׁ
קרַ ,רֵבּדְַי אלֹ םִא וּלִּפֲא ,ערָָה ןוֹשָׁל לֶשׁ תוֹבֵתּ יֵפְלַא הָמַּכּ

וּניֵתוֹנוֲֹעַבּ ,יוּצָמֶּשּׁ הַמ יִפְל ןֵכֶּשׁ לָכְו ,םוֹיְבּ תוֹבֵתּ רֶשֶׂע

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