Hilchos Teshuva 1: Re-Orienting Our Perspective
Lashon Hara
Perek 7: definition of issue L”H is communication, not l dibbur per se (Rambam doesn’t use a dibbur verb), so what the Chofetz Chaim says that one is oveir regardless of the medium (eg social media) is muchrach. Question: since
Kol Dodi Dofek 6
– The Rav initially writes that yissurin come to raise one up. Later writes it’s about shortcomings, and specifically it comes from a failure in bein adam lachaveiro.– Beracha has to be shared. When the sequence of events is beracha
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Hilchos Teshuva 2: Diyukim in the Viduy
Deos 7:2 – more L”H
Deos 7:2 – LH, MSR, rechilus all same lav – No olam haba – teshuva 3:6, it’s baalei lashon hara. – without the mekabeil, the lashon hara woild t be effective. Mekabeil isn’t a hilchos deos chisaron, hence the issur
Kol Dodi Dofek 7
– Antisemitism is a constant, as anyone who has a sense of history knows.– The goal is not to survive yissurin, but to grow. This is true of difficulties of all magnitudes.– If we don’t react/grow after a miracle, then
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Hilchos Teshuva 3: Hashem is Truly Everywhere
7:4 – Lashon Hara
– avak lashon hara. Why is dererch rama’us and sechok only derabanan? Because that veneer is enough to be a chisaron in merageil which downgrades it to derabanan – if someone says without giving a name, and then the listener