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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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 47 - Between Man and His Fellow
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 5:1
In this segment, the Chofetz Chaim focuses on the mitzvah to extend loans to a fellow Jew. As the Torah states:” … When you lend money to My people …” (Shemos 22:24).
Consider the ....
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Posted 10/29/2007 11:48 PM |
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Day 48 - Opinion
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 5:2
In this segment, the Chofetz Chaim discusses assessments which people make regarding someone’s physical or mental abilities. It is common for people involved in everyday conversat ....
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Posted 10/30/2007 11:21 PM |
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Day 49 - Intelligence
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 5:3-4
In this segment, the Chofetz Chaim further examines the common practice of discussing other people’s intelligence. He asks the reader to consider the following scenario:
You ove ....
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Posted 10/31/2007 9:39 PM |
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Day 50 – Dangerous Conjectures
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 5:5-6
The Chofetz Chaim informs us today that the popular pastime of “armchair financial analysis” is actually a forum for loshon hora. This occurs when a group conjectures about another per ....
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Posted 11/2/2007 2:49 AM |
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Day 51 - Marketing Tools and the Power of Two
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 5:7-8
In the business world, loshon hora is often spoken as a “marketing tool.” You may have observed this technique when asking a salesman for his opinion about a product and receiving, ins ....
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Posted 11/2/2007 12:03 PM |
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Day 52 - The Art of Listening
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 6:1-2
One of the factors which makes loshon hora such a serious sin is that it involves the interaction of two people — the speaker and the listener. Until now, the Chofetz Chaim has been de ....
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Posted 11/2/2007 12:04 PM |
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Day 53 – Constructive Listening
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 6:3-4
In the previous segment, we learned that we are permitted to listen to loshon hora (without accepting it as fact) if there is something constructive to be gained. The Chofetz Chaim now ....
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Posted 11/5/2007 9:38 AM |
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Day 54 - Standing Firm
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 6:5-6
The Chofetz Chaim introduces us to a situation with which we are all familiar:
You are sitting at someone’s Shabbos table or at a wedding, and several people start speaking losh ....
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Posted 11/5/2007 10:37 PM |
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Day 55 - Think Positive
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 6:7-8
In the course of a day, the average person hears hundreds of pieces of information. As each one is digested, we are left to decide whether or not we choose to accept it as fact. And wh ....
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Posted 11/7/2007 10:01 AM |
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Day 56 - Action without Judgment
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 6:9-10
We have been learning about kaballas loshon hora, the prohibition against believing loshon hora which is related in one’s presence. The Chofetz Chaim states that this prohibition appl ....
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Posted 11/7/2007 9:28 PM |
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Day 57 - A Proper Mindset
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM Laws of Loshon Hora 6:11-12
The Chofetz Chaim begins this segment by stressing that many people react incorrectly in cases of negative reports, where the listener needs to reckon with the report and protect himse ....
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Posted 11/8/2007 9:55 PM |
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Day 58 - Jumping to Conclusions
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SEFER CHOFETZ CHAIM — Laws of Loshon Hora 7:1-2
We have learned that if someone says, “This isn’t loshon hora. I would say it right in front of him!” the Torah still classifies the statement as loshon hora and we are not permi ....
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Posted 11/12/2007 12:06 AM |
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Important Numbers
