Shmiras Halashon Daily
Master the intricate halachic rules of proper speech with a comprehensive study of the Chofetz Chaim's foundational work. Rabbi Ari Klapper provides a detailed analysis of when speech about others is forbidden vs.
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Daily Chafetz Chaim – Day 264 (opens the original)
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What do you do when a shidduch call catches you off guard and you're not sure what you're allowed to say? Opening the final section of the Sefer Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Klapper turns to the everyday world of shidduch information. The ideal, he explains, is to ask your rav your questions before the phone ever rings. But if a call surprises you and you genuinely need to ask a shailah, don't stall the caller mid-conversation by saying you need to check whether it's lashon hara - that itself is a form
Daily Chafetz Chaim – Day 263 (opens the original)
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Should you push a friend into a partnership or shidduch you'd never touch yourself? Rabbi Klapper closes with the opposite case: may you encourage someone to enter a partnership or a shidduch? It depends on what you know. If you're aware of something negative — something that would make you refuse the partnership or shidduch for yourself — then you should not encourage the interested party to get involved. There are situations where you may not tell someone about a shidduch already made; but act
Daily Chafetz Chaim – Day 262 (opens the original)
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The partnership is already sealed — can you still warn Reuven that his partner is dishonest? Rabbi Klapper asks what to do once the partnership is already made. It depends, says the Chofetz Chaim, on how Reuven will react. If you know Reuven is careful — that he won't break up the partnership without consulting a Rav and will guard against any loss — then, with the other rules of to'eles in place, it's proper to tell him. But if telling Reuven will make him explode in anger, start a fight, and d
Daily Chafetz Chaim – Day 261 (opens the original)
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You know the man Reuven is about to partner with is careless with other people's money — do you speak up? Opening the final section of the sefer, Rabbi Klapper brings a common case: Reuven and Shimon are still working out a business partnership, and you know Shimon is negligent with other people's money while Reuven has no idea. Here you certainly should warn Reuven about his potential partner's history — provided all the rules of to'eles are met. But the Chofetz Chaim notes in the hago that a p
Daily Chafetz Chaim – Day 260 (opens the original)
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Do these halachos of rechilus protect every single person — no matter what they believe? Rabbi Klapper reaches the closing point of this section: everything said about hilchos lashon hara and rechilus concerns fellow Jews, as the pasuk says amisecha, your nation. But one who is a kofer b'Torah — who denies even a single letter, word, or drasha of the Torah — is not included in amisecha, and it can even be a mitzvah to expose such a person publicly. Yet the Chofetz Chaim warns we cannot decide th
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