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Day 86 - Be Prepared
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 10:15_16
A successful public speaker knows that proper preparation is the key to delivering a good speech. A lecturer cannot come unprepared to deliver an address ....
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Posted 12/7/2007 3:22 PM |
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Day 85 - A Necessary Review
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 10:14
We have learned in the previous segment that if someone has been hurt by another party and he can reclaim his loss or prevent further hurt by telling others of the incident, he is perm ....
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Posted 12/6/2007 10:50 PM |
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Day 84 - The Art of Self-Defense
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM -- Laws of Loshon Hora 10:13
The tongue is an awesome weapon. It can destroy people's lives and reputations. It can create divisions between people and tear apart entire communities.
But there are times w ....
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Posted 12/5/2007 11:34 PM |
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Day 83 - Ulterior Motives
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM -- Laws of Loshon Hora 10:11-12
We learned previously that one of the seven conditions of toeles is that our intentions be purely for a constructive purpose. In this segment, the Chofet ....
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Posted 12/5/2007 10:17 PM |
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Day 82 - Beyond Reproach
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 10:9-10
In the previous segment, we learned that when negative information needs to be related l’toeles (for a constructive purpose) and rebuke is not possible, th ....
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Posted 12/5/2007 10:14 PM |
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Day 81 - Bypassing Rebuke
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 10:7-8
We have learned that one of the seven conditions for speaking loshon hora l’toeles (for constructive purpose) is that the speaker first rebuke the guilty person privately in the h ....
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Posted 12/5/2007 9:53 PM |
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Day 80 - A Preemptive Strike
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 10:5-6
The Chofetz Chaim has been discussing the rules of toeles, loshon hora spoken for a constructive purpose. In this segment, he tells us of a case where such speech is forbidden.
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Posted 11/30/2007 9:57 AM |
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Day 79 - Subjective Listening
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 10:4
In the previous segment, we learned that it is forbidden for a person to expose someone’s faults if he himself is guilty of the same. In this segment, we learn that it is forbidden to e ....
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Posted 11/30/2007 9:54 AM |
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Day 78 - Impure Intentions
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM —Laws of Loshon Hora 10:3
In this halachah, we see how crucial a role one’s intentions play in determining whether our actions or statements are praiseworthy. The Chofetz Chaim informs us that derogatory informat ....
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Posted 11/29/2007 10:04 PM |
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Day 77 - The Seven Rules of Toeles
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 10:1-2
Earlier in this volume, we referred to 7 conditions which must be fulfilled before one is permitted to relate loshon hora l’toeles, for a constructive purpose. These are:
1. On ....
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Posted 11/28/2007 10:57 PM |
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Day 76 - Basic Training
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 9:5-6
We have learned that a person is required to exercise his influence on members of his household so that they will avoid the sin of loshon hora. In this segment, the Chofetz Chaim expla ....
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Posted 11/27/2007 9:32 PM |
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Day 75 - A Time to be Silent, A Time to Rebuke
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 9:3-4
In this segment, the Chofetz Chaim cites another example of praise which should be avoided. That is when someone publicizes the fact that a person has done an outstanding act of ....
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Posted 11/26/2007 11:48 PM |
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Day 74 - The Perils of Praise
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 9:1-2
In this segment, the Chofetz Chaim begins addressing the subject of avak loshon hora (lit. the dust of loshon hora), statements which are not actual loshon hora but which are nonethele ....
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Posted 11/25/2007 11:35 PM |
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Day 73 - Safeguarding One’s Surroundings
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM Laws of Loshon Hora 8:13-14
Our sages teach that all Jews are responsible for one another (Shevuos 39b). That responsibility has an impact on the laws of shmiras haloshon as well. The C ....
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Posted 11/23/2007 10:36 AM |
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Day 72 - To a Non-Jew
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 8:12
At one time or another, we hear derogatory remarks about Jews. It is tragic enough when such remarks are made by Jews to Jewish listeners. Even more tragic is ....
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Posted 11/23/2007 10:35 AM |
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Day 71 - Between Husband and Wife
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 8:10-11
The Chofetz Chaim now turns his focus in a different direction — to whom am I forbidden to relate loshon hora? He answers, “There is no difference regarding this prohibition, whether ....
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Posted 11/23/2007 10:21 AM |
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Day 70 - Putting Out the Fire
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 8:8-9
In this segment, the Chofetz Chaim discusses the issue of loshon hora as it relates to machlokes (dispute). Specifically, he deals with how and when to speak up regarding a controversy ....
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Posted 11/22/2007 12:21 AM |
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Day 69 - Defining the Apikoros
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 8:7
The Chofetz Chaim writes that it is permitted, and at times even a mitzvah, to speak loshon hora about an apikoros. The Chofetz Chaim defines apikoros as someo ....
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Posted 11/20/2007 10:59 PM |
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Day 68 - Torah Scholars
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 8:5-6
This segment begins with the Chofetz Chaim informing us of how terrible it is to speak loshon hora about a talmid chacham (Torah scholar).
Obviously, we are obligated to honor ....
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Posted 11/20/2007 12:11 PM |
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Day 67 - Children
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 8:3-4
It is forbidden to speak derogatorily about children.1 While adults understand that “kids are kids” and their negative behavior is often excused as normal immaturity, if the info ....
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Posted 11/19/2007 2:28 AM |
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Important Numbers
