The Great Insurance Plan - Shemirat Halashon Part 17

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Good morning, gentlemen. We're holding on the 17th segment of the Think Before You Speak series, the laws of Lashon Hara for more clarity. L'ilui nishmat the Hafetz Chaim zechut tzadik l'bracha, dedicated for the yeshuot of all bnei chabura, the yeshuot of klal Yisrael, and specifically as well for the yeshua and the shmira elyona for Chaim David ben Chaya Sarah. Rabbotai, today the halacha titled The Great Insurance Plan. titled The Great Insurance Plan. So now, in many different types of averot, the yetzer hara shows up and tells a person, "What's the big deal? No real damage is going to come out of this. Who says they're going to believe you? Who says they know the guy? You're just saying it out of conversation. You're saying it to be cute. You're saying it just to get a little attention. But there's no real damage that's going to come out of him or out of the words you're about to say about him." But the truth is, the halacha, even if a But the truth is, the halacha, even if a person speaks lashon hara and his listeners do not believe what he said, and in truth no harm came to the person that he spoke about, nevertheless still he committed an avera of lashon hara ben adam l'makom. Between him and God, an avera was still committed. And he's going to need to do teshuvah on this. And this is even if they didn't believe it. Still avera, do teshuvah. What's the

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1. 0:01Good morning, gentlemen. We're holding on the 17th segment of the Think Before You Speak series,…
2. 0:32titled The Great Insurance Plan. So now, in many different types of averot, the yetzer hara…
3. 1:03But the truth is, the halacha, even if a person speaks lashon hara and his listeners…
4. 1:33Still avera, do teshuvah. What's the teshuvah on that type of lashon hara? Well, like every…
5. 2:04Now already, the person that you spoke about is looking bad. They actually accepted the lashon…
6. 2:35And we're hoping that the person will forgive you quickly and easily. And after that forgiveness,…
7. 3:06how dangerous the speaking of lashon hara really is. Where if a person regularly speaks lashon…
8. 3:38person becomes a regular speaker of lashon hara. And if he even if he remembers the…
9. 4:09The Hafetz Chaim brings this. He says if a person wants a great segulah, if you…
10. 4:40just that, they don't speak against you, either. Middah keneged middah. Thank you for listening.…

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