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Day 46 – Repairing the Damage
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 4:12
One of the greatest gifts Hashem has given the Jewish People is the ability to cleanse ourselves of our sins through teshuvah (repentance). This gift is especially precious when one has ....
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Posted 10/28/2007 11:14 PM |
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Day 45 – Constructive Purpose
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 4:11
One of the beautiful aspects of shmiras haloshon is that it demonstrates how Torah is all encompassing. While the Torah prohibits most forms of negative speech, it provides for the rele ....
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Posted 10/26/2007 11:49 AM |
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Day 44 - Handle With Care
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 4:9-10
In this segment, the Chofetz Chaim reflects on the attitude of a certain type of individual, a sincerely observant person who acts as if he has either misse ....
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Posted 10/26/2007 11:48 AM |
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Day 43 - A Time to Speak
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 4:7-8 If one were to compile a list of Torah leaders of the past few centuries who most symbolized ahavas Yisrael (love of one’s fellow Jew), the Chofetz Chaim would surely be high on the l ....
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Posted 10/25/2007 11:08 PM |
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Day 42 - Rebuke
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 4:5-6
In the previous segment, the Chofetz Chaim stressed that when rebuking someone, one must be careful to speak gently and with respect. Here the Chofetz ....
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Posted 10/25/2007 12:10 AM |
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Day 41 - Judging Favorably
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 4:3-4
As we have already discussed, there is a tendency to denigrate a fellow Jew whom we see transgressing, and thereby achieve a momentary “high.” On the other hand, the Torah has given ....
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Posted 10/23/2007 11:08 AM |
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Day 40 - The Self- Righteous Speaker
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM - Laws of Loshon Hora 4:1-2
It is a law of “loshon
hora physics” that when one speaks loshon hora about the spiritual failings of
someone else, that loshon hora is most intense a ....
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Posted 10/22/2007 11:24 PM |
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Day 39 - The Best Defense
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM —
Laws of Loshon Hora 3:7-8
Imagine if there existed a spiritual
secret which would ensure that all your actions would be viewed in Heaven in a
positive light. Heavenly angels would come to your defense ....
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Posted 10/22/2007 10:55 PM |
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