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Chafetz Chayim .יַדּ ןֵכּ םַגּ ,דַבְלִבּ הֶז הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק רַקִּע אלֲֹה ,לָכָס יוֹה :תִיַבַּה לַעַבּ ויָלָע קַעְצִיַּו .הָמוּאְמ ןיִכֵה אלֹ טַעְמִכּ יִמיִנְפַּה רדֶֶחַלְו ,יִעָצְמֶאָה רדֶֶחַלְו ןוֹציִחַה רדֶֶחַל הָשָׂע תוֹנָכֲהַה לָכֶּשׁ .וֹכְּפֶהְבּ הָשָׂעְו ,הֶטוֹשׁ הָיָה הֶזַּה
Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
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Kohanim, commenting on Vayikrah 22:31] that the words “and וֹל ברֵוֹא ערָָה רֶצֵיַּהֶשׁ ,עדַיֵל םָדָאָה ךְירִָצ ,םירִָבְדַּה לַלְכּ
you shall observe” means “learning (Torah),” since by virtue of
man’s learning he will be prompted to remember that subject. The רֶצֵיַּהֶשׁ ,):'ל ןיִשׁוּדּקִ( ל"ַזֲח וּרְמָאֶשׁ וֹמְכוּ .וֹאיִטֲחַהְל דיִמָתּ
great sage, the Gaon Rebbe Betzalel HaCohen Z”L from Vilna, רַמֱאֶנֶּשּׁ הַמִּמ ,םוֹי לָכְבּ ויָלָע שֵׁדַּחְתִמוּ ויָלָע רֵבַּגְּתִמ ערָָה
expounded on this in his approbation to Sefer Chafetz Chayim,
that the essential cure for man not to speak Lashon Hara is by ."וֹתיִמֲהַל שֵׁקַּבְמוּ קיִדַּצַּל עָשׁרָ הֶפוֹצ" :)ב"ל ז"ל םיִלִּהְתּ(
learning these laws and their related mussar. I also heard directly רַמָאֶשׁ וֹמְכּ ,וֹאיִטֲחַהְל םָדָאָה לֶשׁ ויִפּ חַתֶפּ לַע ץֵבוֹר אוּהְו
from his holy mouth that learning these mitzvot is included in
the positive mitzvah to “Remember what Hashem your Gd did to םִא ,םָשׁ יִכּ ."ץֵברֹ תאָטַּח חַתֶפַּל" :)'ז 'ד תיִשׁארְֵבּ( בוּתָכַּה
Miryam on the road as you left Egypt” (Devarim 24:9).
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הָזִּבּ וֹתוֹא זוּבָי ףֶכֵתּ ,הרָיִמְשַּׁהֵמ תָצקְ וֹתְּעַדּ םָדָאָה ַחיִסַּי
However, even if accepting the responsibility of disciplining וּנֶּמִּמ אֵצֵי אלֹ םיִנָפּ לָכּ לַעְו ,)הָנַּטקְ( אָטוּז הָזִּבּ וֹא הָבּרַ
your speech does not initially have the effect of merely reducing
foolishness and not becoming as routinely accustomed to speaking רֵתוֹי םָשׁ ץוּברָ תוֹיְהִל רֶצֵיַּה קֵזַּחְתִמ ,ןֵכּ לַעְו .םוֹלָשְׁבּ
Lashon Hara as much, that effort is still worthwhile. Because .אֹטֲחַל דֹאְמ לוּלָע וֹנוֹשְׁלִבּ םָשׁ יִכּ ,םירִָביֵא רָאְשִׁמ
even if by this discipline he speaks only ten less forbidden words
each day, in so doing during the course of a year he will have וּהֵתַּפְמֶּשׁ ,הָבּרַ הָאיִצְמ םָשׁ ערָָה רֶצֵיַּה אֵצוֹמֶּשׁ םיִמָעְפּ םַגְו
accumulated much more than 3,000 (words that he did not speak).
It is well known that just as in learning Torah each and every אֵצָמִּיְו .הָעָשׁ יִצֲחַכּ וֹא הָעָשְׁכּ םירִוּסֲא םירִוּבּדְִבּ ךְיִשְׁמַהְל
individual word is an independent mitzvah, so too regarding
words that are forbidden, each and every individual forbidden רוּבִּדּ לָכּ לַעְו ,םירִוּסֲא םירִוּבִּדּ לֶשׁ תוֹבֵתּ תוֹאֵמ הָמַּכּ הֶזָבּ
word is an independent sin. Each sin creates an independent !?וֹזָכּ הָבּרַ הָאיִצְמ ךְָל שֵׁיֲה .ןוֹבְּשֶׁחְו ןיִדּ ןֵתִּל ךְירִָצ רוּבּדְִו
prosecutor. Thus when one conquers one’s Yetzer Hara and loses
3,000 forbidden words, he loses 3,000 prosecutors and replaces ,דיִמָתּ םָשׁ ץֵבוֹר ןֵכּ לַעְו .תוֹרֵבֲע רָאְשִׁבּ ןֵכּ אֵצוֹמ וֹניֵאֶשׁ
them with 3,000 advocates. Chazal have taught this concept .וֹתְּשׁרְִבּ וּנֶּכְשְׁמִיְו ,וֹתְּעַדּ םָדָאָה ַחיִסַּי יַלוּא
(Gemara Makot 23b), that if man sits (and remains passive) and
does not commit a sin (when that opportunity presents itself), he ,)ב"י ב"כ( תיִשׁארְֵבּ הָשׁרָָפּ הָבּרַ שׁרָדְִמְבּ יִתאָצָמ ךְָכּ רַחַאְו
earns an equivalent merit as though he performed those mitzvot.
חַתֶפַּל" :)'ז 'ד תיִשׁארְֵבּ( קוּסָפַּה לַע הֶז ןיֵעְכּ שָׁמַּמ רֵמוֹאֶשׁ
In particular, regarding this subject, Chazal have taught (Gemara
Yomah 38b) that Heaven will assist anyone who tries to better (to יֵבְּלַכּ תיִא םוּחְנַתּ ברַ רַמָא :םָשׁ וֹנוֹשְׁל הֶזְו ."ץֵברֹ תאָטַּח
purify) himself. Over the course of time, most certainly, HaKadosh )הֶפוֹא( ארָיִטְלַפּ יֵמּקַ יִבְתָיְו יִלְזָא ,תוֹתַּפְל ןיִעדְָיְדּ יִמוֹרְבּ
Baruch Hu will help this person a lot to have no inclination to
speak language that is forbidden, just as no observant Jew wants טיֵמָשׁ אוּהְו םֵנְמַנְתִמ ארָיִטְלַפּ ירֵָמוּ ,םֵנְמַנְתִמ הֵּמרְַגּ דיֵבָעְו
to eat pig. When man toils in any aspect of Torah, HaKadosh םָדָא יֵנְבֶּשׁ דַע( תיִמְצַמ יֵוָהְדּ דַעְו ,אָערְַאַא )רָכִּכּ( אָלוּגִּע
Baruch Hu removes his Yetzer Hara (from that aspect of his life),
as is brought down in Midrash Rabbah perashat Naso (Bamidbar םיִבָלְכּ שֵׁי( הֵּבּ ךְֵלַּהְמוּ אָלוּגִּע רֵכַּתְּשִׂמ אוּה )םיִצְבּקְַתִמ

57 60 ג קרפ םייח ץפח .וֹקְלֶח ירְֵשַׁאְו .םרָוּבֲע םַגּ רָכָשׂ הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק לֵבּקַיִו ,הָכָכּ ןֵכּ םַגּ גֵהַנְתִהְל ויָשֲׂעַמִּמ וּדְמְלִי וירָיִכַּמִּמ םיִבּרַ ,דֹאְמ ויָתוֹדִּמְבּ ריִהָזְו הרָיִמְשַּׁה תַבוֹח ויָלָע לֵבּקְַמֶּשׁ םָדָאָה ,ןֵכּ םִאְו .וֹתָלוּז לַע ַעיִפ

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