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.הֶמוֹדַּכְו
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םייח ץפח
Chafetz Chayim הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק רקֶֶשְׁו תוּליִכרְוּ ערָָה ןוֹשָׁלְבּ דיִמָתּ הָּתוֹא ָתאֵמִטֶּשׁ ,הָתַּא
Kuntres Chovat HaShemirah
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was that she equated him to other prophets and he (Moshe) did
not take offense at all at any of these things, as the pasuk states
(Bamidbar 12:3) “and the man Moshe was exceedingly humble.”
Nevertheless she was punished with Tzara’at, and by logical
deduction how much more so these wicked, stupid people who
speak excessively and incredibly (about others). Therefore it is
appropriate for anyone who wants to straighten his ways to stay
far away from their company and from speaking with them, in
order not to be trapped in the net of these wicked people and
in their foolishness. This is the style (the way) of a gathering
of evil, mocking \ scoffing people. At first they begin talking
about general, empty things, as the text states (Kohelet 5:2) “The
voice of fools talks about most anything.” In so doing they will
come to speak disparagingly of the Tzadikim, as the pasuk says
(Tehilim 31:19) “Seal the lying lips that speak lies about the
Tzadik.” And from this they will become routinely accustomed
to speak against the prophets and to slander their prophecies.
The pasuk describes this as (Divrei HaYamim II 36:16) “They
insulted the messenger of Gd, mocked His words and ridiculed
the prophets.” And from this (inevitably) they will come to speak
against Elokim and to reject the very existence of Gd. The pasuk
describes this as (Melachim II 17:9) “The Bnei Yisrael fabricated
stories against Hashem their Gd which were not so.”
Yet he himself (David HaMelech) said (Tehilim 73:9) “They
raised their mouths against Hashem in Heaven while their
tongues strutted about on the Earth.” Who caused them to raise
their mouths against Heaven? Their tongues, which first walked
in the land (i.e., in a gathering of wicked people). This is the
conversation of the wicked, which encourages (causes) them
to gather together in corners, and the assembling together of
ignorant people, and attending party halls together with those
who drink liquor. But the conversation of righteous Jews is only
in the context of Torah and wisdom. Therefore HaKadosh Baruch
Hu strengthens their hand and gives them merit through it, as the
pasuk states (Malachi 3:16) “Then those who fear Hashem spoke
to one another and Hashem listened and heard, and a book of
87 86 ו קרפ םייח ץפח .וֹנוֹשְׁל ןאָכּ ."םֶהיֵהלֱֹא הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
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ןֵכֶּשׁ לָכְו .םיקִרְָפִל קרַ רַבָע םִא וּלִּפֲאַו ,אְטֵח וֹבּ ןיֵאֶשׁ ,הֶפּ לֶבֶהְל ,אְטֵח וֹבּ שֵׁיֶּשׁ ,הֶפּ לֶבֶה הֶמוֹדּ וֹניֵא יִכּ .ךָיֶתָפְשִּׂמ הָאְצָיֶּשׁ הָאְמֻטְבּ הּ
הרימשה תבוח סרטנוק
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לָכּ וֹרוּבּדְִבּ םָדָאָה םֵצְמַצְיֶּשׁ ,וּנרְַבִּדֶּשׁ יִפּ לַע ףַא הֵנִּהְו
,בֵצָע אוּהֶשׁ םָדָא הֶאוֹר םִא ןֵכ יִפּ לַע ףַא ,לוֹכָיֶּשּׁ הַמ
אָתיִאדְִכּ ,ויָתוֹגֲאַדִּמ וֹגיִפֲהַלְו וֹבִּל לַע רֵבּדְַל הָבּרַ הָוְצִמ
.).ב"כ( תיִנֲעַתְבּ
תוֹבָא ןוֲֹע דקֵ ֹּפ" :)'ז ד"ל תוֹמְשׁ( בוּתָכַּה רַמָאֶשּׁ הַמ ַעוּדָי .בי
ןירִדְֶהְנַס( ארָָמְגַּה הָשׁקְַמוּ ."םיִעֵבּרִ לַעְו םיִשֵׁלִּשׁ לַע םיִנָבּ לַע
םיִנָבּ לַע תוֹבָא וּתְמוּי אלֹ" :)ז"ט ד"כ םירִָבְדּ( ביִתְכּ אָהְו :):ז"כ
ןֶהיֵתוֹבֲא הֵשֲׂעַמ ןיִזֲחוֹאֶשְׁכּ ןאָכּ ,)ץרֵָתְמוּ( יֵנַּשְׁמוּ ."'וֹגְו
.'וּכְו ןיִזֲחוֹא ןיֵאֶשְׁכּ ןאָכְו ,ןֶהידֵיִבּ
.דֹאְמ הֵבּרְַה ןֵה ,רוּבִּדַּה ַחֹכְבּ ןיִיוּלְתֶּשׁ ,תוֹנוֲֹעָהְדּ ַעוּדָיְו
םיִיוּלְתֶּשׁ םיִנָיְנִע הרָָשֲׂע שֵׁיֶּשׁ ,ארֵוֹקַּה יֵנְפִל וּנְעַצִּה רֶשֲׁאַכְו
תוֹבֲאַו ויָתוֹבֲא יאַדַּוְבוּ .תֵע לָכְבּ ןיִיוּצְמ ןֵהְו ,רוּבִּדַּה ַחֹכְבּ
רוּבִּדַּה וּרְמָשׁ אלֹ ןֵכּ םַגּ הָלְעַמְל םֶהיֵנְפִלֶּשׁ רוֹדַּהְו ויָתוֹבֲא
ןָטוּעִמוּ ,לֶזֶגְבּ ןָבּרֻ :).ה"סק ארְָתָבּ אָבָבּ( םרָָמֲאַמְכוּ .יוּארָָכּ
him, “There is no one here that has earned that merit.” Meanwhile, two
other men entered the marketplace and Eliyahu HaNavi declared these two
men earned the merit of entering Olam Haba. Rebbe Berokah asked them
“What is your occupation?” They answered him, “We are comedians, men
who make other people happy. When we see someone who is sad, we cheer
them up. When we see people arguing, we work to establish peace between
them” (Note that it is a great mitzvah to pull someone out of his or her
misery and sadness. One who does this fulfills the mitzvah of loving-your-
neighbor-as-you-love-yourself. This action greatly pleases HaKadosh
Baruch Hu. The analogy is one who has a son in a distant city who is
overwhelmed by sorrow and suffering. The father most certainly yearns
to find, at the very least, a man who will comfort and befriend his son
and work with him to pull him out of his sorrow so that he won’t become
sickened by his troubles).
'ג יִכָאְלַמ( רַמֱאֶנֶּשׁ ,הָּבּ ןָתוֹא הֶכַּזְמוּ ןָדָי לַע רֵזוֹע אוּה ךְוּרָבּ םיִכָלְמ( רַמֱאֶנֶּשׁ ןָיְנִעְכּ ,רָקִּעָבּ ןירְִפוֹכְו םיקִלֹאֵבּ רֵבּדְַל ןיִאָבּ 'ה תֶלֶהקֹ( רַמֱאֶנֶּשׁ ןָיְנִעְכּ ,יאַבֲה