Daily Halachos

Chofetz Chaim Daily 9 Kislev 8:12 Asur to speak LH to a Jew. To a non-Jew is much worse because it causes chillul Hashem. The non-Jew will definitely believe it and will cause the Jew great damage. Even more terrible is informing on a Jew to authorities, equal to apikorsus. A great punishment will await him.

Chofetz Chaim Daily 8 Kislev 8:10 Asur to say LH to anyone; men, women & children. Telling your spouse every time someone wrongs or insults you, will just involve him/her in the fight, making it worse. Eventually s/he will lose respect for you, seeing you are always being teased. 8:11 Asur to say LH to relatives siblings and parents.

Chofetz Chaim Daily 7 Kislev 8:8 Some permit LH on baalei machlokes to cause those at fault to stop fighting, IF 1. you have good intentions & not hate 2. no other way to stop it 3. youre certain this party is the guilty one. 8:9 There is a cherem against saying LH about dead people, especially Torah scholars &

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Chofetz Chaim Daily 6 Kislev 8:5 Mitzvah to say LH about a known apikores (one who denies anything of written or oral law) 8:6 If its just a rumor, you can suspect and stay away, but not believe it until you see it yourself or otherwise verify it. 8:7 Same laws apply for a rasha (someone who constantly commits major

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Chofetz Chaim Daily 5 Kislev 8:3 Asur to say LH on a child if it will put him in a bad light or cause him damage. 8:4 Asur to say LH on an am haaretz. Saying LH on a scholar can often be in the category of mivazeh Talmid Chacham which is a terrible sin. Someone whos a Rav and

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Chofetz Chaim Daily 4 Kislev 8:1 The Issur of saying LH applies to men and women, strangers and relatives. 8:2 Asur to say LH ABOUT men or women, including your wife and in-laws.

Chofetz Chaim Daily 2 Kislev 7:10 If you have circumstantial evidence that its true, its still asur to believe it except IF 1. theres no way to judge him favorably and 2. theres a toeles to listening. 7:11 Circumstantial evidence must be witnessed by speaker, and really pertaining to story. 7:12 Its still asur to tell others or damage the

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Chofetz Chaim Daily 30 Cheshvan 7:7 Asur to believe LH even if the speaker is trustworthy as two witnesses. 7:8 When its mutar to tell people that ploni is a bad person, so theyll stay away from him; the people may believe it, IF the speaker witnessed it first hand. However one mustnt relate it to others. 7:9 Asur to

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Chofetz Chaim Daily 29 Cheshvan 7:5 Mutar to believe LH on someone whos known to constantly transgress serious sins. 7:6 If someone degrades himself and another, you may believe it about himself but not the other.

Chofetz Chaim Daily 28 Cheshvan 7:3 Asur to believe LH even if heard from two people. Since they spoke LH, theyre like a rasha who we wont trust to spoil a good persons name. 7:4 Asur to believe rumor that ploni did aveira, just suspect until clarified. One may relate it in conversation, but not purposely spread it.