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Day 32 – Non Kosher Entertainment
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It is forbidden to relate a story for entertainment purposes only, if it contains derogatory or harmful information.
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To relate an amusing incident that would cause embarrassment to any of the people involved if told in their presence constitutes speaking loshon hora.? Many a humorous situation is actually quite painful to the person involved.
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Peace is Precious
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Sefer Ma’alos HaMiddos (24) states:
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Know, my son, that peace is an exalted quality, for it [Peace] is one of the Names of God ... Wherever
peace is found, fear of God is found; wherever peace is lacking, fear of God is lacking.
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Our Sages state: Peace is precious, for God altered the truth for the sake of peace between Avraham and Sarah. Sarah [in expressing disbelief that she would yet bear a child] said, “And my master [Avraham] is old” (Bereishis?18:12),
but Hashem [in relating her statement to Avraham] said, “And I [Sarah] am old” (ibid. v. 13).
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After Yaakov died, the brothers sent Yosef a message: “Your father gave orders before his death,saying, ‘Thus shall you say to Yosef: O please, kindly forgive the spiteful deed of your brothers...’” (ibid. 50:16). We do not find any indication in the Torah
that Yaakov did, in fact, give such instructions, for he did not suspect Yosef [of bearing any ill will toward his brothers. Yet the brothers, out of fear that Yosef had not forgiven them, altered the truth for the sake of peace].
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Peace is precious, for in times of war, we must first seek peace, as it is written: “When you draw near to a city to wage war against it, you shall call out to it for peace” (Devarim?20:10).
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Peace is precious, for it is with the blessing of peace that we conclude Bircas Kohanim (The Priestly Blessing), as it is written, “... and [may Hashem] establish peace for you” (Bamidbar?6:26).
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Peace is precious, for it is with a request for peace that we conclude our daily prayer [i.e. the Shemoneh Esrei], as is derived from the verse: “HASHEM will give might to His people, HASHEM will bless His people with peace” (Tehillim 29:18).
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Moreover, on the great day of consolation at the End of Days, the first good tidings will be of peace, as it is written, “How beautiful ascending the mountains are the footsteps of the herald, making heard, ‘Peace!’” (Yeshayahu 52:7). |
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Time to count #18 Wednesday night
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Today's Inspiration Yom Haatzmaut
Broadening Your Heart
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Said the Yud: "Accustom yourself to good-heartedness by degrees. At first refuse not a request for a pinch of tobacco, for the light of a match, or for other small gifts. Little kindnesses like these will broaden your heart so that you will in this way habituate yourself to helping your fellow man in many ways."
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Source: Niflaoth ha-Yehudi
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The Lord is your Shade
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The Besht commented upon the verse (Psalm 121:5) "The Lord is your shade." He said: "As you conduct yourself towards others, so does the Lord conduct Himself towards you. If you are kind and merciful, the Lord will be kind and merciful towards you."
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Source: Midrash Rebish Tov
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Time to count #17 Tuesday night
Time to count #17?
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Day 30 – Without Names
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All forms of loshon hora are prohibited even when no names are mentioned, if it will be possible for people to determine who is being discussed.
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Furthermore, if names are omitted but the story will reflect badly on an entire group of people, it may not be spoken.? Speaking critically about an unnamed student at a yeshiva is often taken as a statement about the entire student body or as a reflection
on yeshiva students in general.? If this is the implication, the statement is a more serious form of loshon hora, for it reflects on a multitude of Jews.
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Rewards
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Zohar states (Parashas Chukas) that one who is zealous in avoiding forbidden speech becomes enveloped in a spirit of sanctity.
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Midrash Tanchuma (Tehillim 52:2) states: “The Holy One, Blessed is He, said: ‘If you seek to escape [the punishments of] Gehinnom, distance yourselves from loshon hora. Through this, you will be deemed meritorious in this world and the next.’ ”
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The Torah states: “You shall not eat flesh of an animal that was torn in the field; to the dog shall you throw it” (Shemos?2:30).
In fact, it is permitted to dispose of such meat in other ways as well. However, the Torah says to throw such meat to dogs as a way of reward for their not having howled at any Jew on the night of the Exodus (ibid. 11:7), for Hashem does not deprive any creature
of its just reward. Surely, then, there is infinite reward reserved for man, who, through his own free choice, refrains from speaking the forbidden (Mechilta, Parashas Mishpatim 20). |
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Time to count #16 Monday night
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Today's Inspiration - Chodesh tov!
Why Mortals Precede
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A hasid asked a zaddik: "Why is it customary to say: 'Lechayim," before reciting the benediction over a drink of wine? Is it not disrespectful to bless mortals before blessing the Immortal One?"
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The zaddik opened the prayer book and showed the hasid the passage wherein we are enjoined to accept the mitzvah of loving our neighbors before accepting the mitzvah of loving God. The reason doubtless is that mortals need our love and sympaty more than God."
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Source: Derekh Zaddikim
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Please forward this message. Thank You!
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Please continue to pray for and support Israel.
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May the wounded have a complete and speedy recovery.
May the hostages be freed now.
May God protect the IDF, the police, the security forces
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Chodesh Tov and Yom Ha'atzmaut Sameach!
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Today's Inspiration - Chodesh tov!
What We Dislike in Others
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Rabbi Shmelke interpreted Hillel's famous saying (Sabbath 31a): "What is hateful to you do not do to your neighbor." He prarphrased it saying: "What is hateful to you in your neighbor, do not do yourself."
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Source: Shemen ha-Tov
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Time to count #15 Sunday night
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Day 29 – Other Means of Communication
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Having concluded our discussion of the two basic categories of loshon hora (derogatory or harmful information), it is important to note several rules that apply equally to both:
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Loshon hora is not limited to speech.? Included in this prohibition is communication of derogatory or harmful information through any means.? Therefore, writing loshon hora, or using code, sign or body language (e.g. a cynical smile or rolling one’s eyes upward
in exasperation) that communicates something negative or harmful is forbidden.
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To show others a letter or article that would reflect badly on its author is forbidden, as is revealing the identity of the author of a work that is known to be of poor quality.
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It is also forbidden to show photographs of people which they would find embarrassing.
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Forfeiting the Greatest of Treasures
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Speaking loshon hora can cause the inestimable merit of one’s Torah study to be forfeited. In the words of Midrash Shochar Tov (Tehillim ch. 52):
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Let not your mouth bring guilt on your flesh, and do not tell the emissary that it was an error. Why should God be angered by your speech and destroy the work of your hands? (Koheles 5:5).
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?Let not your mouth bring guilt on your flesh —by speaking loshon hora.
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Why should God be angered by your speech and destroy the work of your hands? — for you will lose the little Torah which you have to your credit.
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The intent of this Midrash is that, as already discussed,1 speaking loshon hora causes the speaker’s merits to be transferred to the Heavenly account of the person against whom he spoke.
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When a Jew studies Torah, he perfects his entire being, for he draws upon himself a spirit of sanctity, which gives vitality to his body in this world and to his soul in the next world. Thus do the Sages teach (Eruvin 54a): “One who feels pain in his head should
study Torah... One who feels pain in his throat should study Torah... One who feels pain in his entire body should study Torah, as it is written (Mishlei?4:22),
‘And a cure for his entire flesh.’ ”
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And all this can be lost through speaking loshon hora.
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- See Day 17.
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