Chofetz Chaim Yomi Hilchos Lashon Harah 5:5-6 Saying Someone Is Strong or Wealthy {Day 49}

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Okay, good morning everyone. We're continuing in this uh this that we're learning is what calls the most overarching area of namely where you you talk about people's deficiency. Uh in the last session we learned about saying somebody is not so smart. how damaging that could be and that is not permitted under any circumstance. Now we're going to talk about somebody's strength. Now we'll explain what we mentioned above in might in strength to speak about someone before the people of the city. Let's say you say about a guy, he he's a wimp. He's naturally very weak. If under the circumstances, it could cause him harm. He's hired out by the day or he's a rebi has to have a lot of strength. He has to run after the kids. He has to discipline the class. then it's certainly included in the what about to talk about somebody's financial situation. Let's say you say a guy you see this guy he drives a Porsche but the guy can't you should see his sha he doesn't have a penny to his name the Porsche was his his father-in-law left it him in a yusha but he doesn't have any money you see just because this guy's talisbital looks like he's a gir he's you know he has the para aduma talisto you know those fluffy furry talisb he the guy doesn't have a penny to his name someone to say someone's poor or not or or not of strong financial standing the way they talk about him and all the money he has he owes someone that's also because certainly if this becomes known nobody's going to want to give him on credit. It could cause him damage in great distress and you're jeopardizing his livelihood. Overall, the sensitive person has to pay

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1. 0:00Okay, good morning everyone. We're continuing in this uh this that we're learning is what calls…
2. 1:04If under the circumstances, it could cause him harm. He's hired out by the day or…
3. 2:07the way they talk about him and all the money he has he owes someone that's…
4. 3:08in whatever area and whatever way you have to be very careful not to be lenient…
5. 4:11criticism so this also don't say I don't mean any harm I'm just saying that the…
6. 5:52stable. He's learning three or four hours a day. What's he doing the other nine hours?…
7. 6:54If you say this about a wealthy person, how he accords himself with Shabas, it will…
8. 7:54if he's an average guy, okay, that's a legitimate way maybe to talk. You say about…
9. 8:57talking about is standing in the room, how would he feel about it? If you said…
10. 10:03I say already that he only learns three or four hours a day they would say…

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