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Jun 4, 2021 5 min

30 - Remembering Miriam (1)

from Chofetz Chaim Podcast Hosted by R' Elchonon Kuritsky

The first positive commandment that we have regarding Lashon Hara is "Remember what the L–rd your G–d did to Miriam on the way when you went out of Egypt." The fact that Miriam was still punished even in these favorable circumstances teaches us how much more so we have to be careful in our own situations. Miriam spoke about her beloved brother for whom she endangered herself as well as helped raise, and the actual words she said were comparing Moshe to other prophets, by which he was not offended. Yet Miriam was still punished. If a person is involved in conversation with others and prone to forget about not speaking Lashon Hara, this mitzvah would take effect - to think about what happened to Miriam as a tool to avert improper speech. Chofetz Chaim, Introduction (Asei) הַמְרַגֵּל בַּחֲבֵרוֹ, מִלְּבַד הַלָּאוִין שֶׁמָנִינוּ לְעִיל, עוֹבֵר גַּם כֵּן עַל כַּמָה עַשִׂין, וַאֲבָאֲרֵם בְּעֶזְרַת ה' יִתְבָּרַךְ אֶחָד לְאֶחָד. עוֹבֵר עַל יְדֵי זֶה (א) עַל מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה (דברים כ"ד ט') ''זָכוֹר אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְמִרְיָם בַּדֶּרֶךְ'' וְגוֹ', שֶׁהִזְהִירָנוּ הַתּוֹרָה בָּזֶה, שֶׁנִּזְכֹּר בַּפֶּה תָּמִיד הָעֹנְשׁ הַגָּדוֹל, אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה ה' יִתְבָּרַךְ לַצַדֶּקֶת מִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה שֶׁלֹּא דִּבְּרָה אֶלָּא בְּאָחִיהָ אֲשֶׁר אָהֲבַתְהוּ כְּנַפְשָׁה, וְגִדְּלַתְהוּ עַל בִּרְכֶּיהָ, וְסִכְּנָה עַצְמָה לְהַצִילוֹ מִן הַיָּם, וְהִיא לֹא דִּבְּרָה בִּגְנוּתוֹ אֶלָּא מַה שֶּׁהִשְׁוְתָה אוֹתוֹ לִשְׁאָר נְבִיאִים, וְלֹא דִּבְּרָה בְּפָנָיו שֶׁיֵּבוֹשׁ וְלֹא בִּפְנֵי רַבִּים, רַק בֵּינָה לְבֵין אָחִיהָ הַקָדוֹשׁ בְּצִנְעָה, וְהוּא לֹא הִקְפִּיד עַל כָּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלּוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר י"ב ג'): ''וְהָאִישׁ משֶה עָנָו מְאֹד'', וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן לֹא הוֹעִילוּהָ כָּל מַעֲשֶׂיהָ הַטוֹבִים וְנֶעֶנְשָׁה בְּצָרַעַת עַל זֶה, קַל וָחֹמֶר לִשְׁאָר בְּנֵי אָדָם הַטִפְּשִׁים, הַמַרְבִּים לְדַבֵּר גְּדוֹלוֹת וְנִפְלָאוֹת עַל חַבְרֵיהֶם, שֶׁבְּוַדַּאי יֵעָנְשׁוּ עַל זֶה מְאֹד. Zechor L'Miriam Please send any feedback for any of the episodes to [email protected]

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