## Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I

###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 1
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א. הַמְסַפֵּר לָשׁוֹן הָרָע, הַקָּדוֹשׁ־בָּרוּךְ־הוּא אוֹמֵר לַשַּׂר שֶׁל גֵיהִנּם: אֲנִי עָלָיו מִלְמַעְלָה וְאַתָּה עָלָיו מִלְמַטָּה. וְתַקָּנָתוֹ – יַּעֲסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה וְיַשְׁפִּיל דַּעְתּוֹ גַּם עַל־יְדֵי זֶה לֹא יָבוֹא לִידֵי לָשׁוֹן הָרָע.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When a person is guilty of slander, the Holy One says to the ministering angel of hell, “I [will judge him] from above and you from below.” His rectification is to engage in Torah study and humble himself. This will also keep him from slandering further.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 2
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ב. עַל־יְדֵי לָשׁוֹן הָרָע מַגְדִּיל עֲווֹנוֹתָיו כְּנֶגֶד שָׁלשׁ עֲבֵרוֹת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Slandering others increases the measure of one’s guilt equivalent to the three cardinal sins (idolatry, immorality and murder).


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 3
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ג. מִלְּתָא דְּמִתְאַמְרָה בְּאַפֵּי מָרָא אוֹ בְּאַפֵּי תְּלָתָא, לֵית בַּהּ מִשּׁוּם לִשָּׁנָא בִּישָׁא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Speaking negatively about a person in his presence, or in the company of three other people, is not considered slander.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 4
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ד. הַאי לִשָּׁנָא בִּישָׁא, אַף־עַל־גַּב דְּלִקְבּוּלֵי לָא מִבָּעֵי, לְמֵיחַשׁ מִיבָּעֵי.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Although words of slander should not be accepted, one has to be wary [that they may be true].


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 5
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ה. מִי שֶׁדּוֹבֵר רָע עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְסוֹף שֶׁיֶּחֱלֶה עַל פִּיו.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever speaks badly of the Jewish people will in the end suffer from a diseased mouth.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 6
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ו. כְּשֶׁאֵין אַהֲבָה בֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל נַעֲשִׂים הוֹלְכֵי רָכִיל, וְעַל־יְדֵי הוֹלְכֵי רָכִיל נַעֲשִׂים לֵצִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When there is no love among Jews, they gossip about each other, and then turn scornful on account of their talebearing.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 7
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ז. בְנֵי־אָדָם שֶׁאוֹהֲבִים זֶה אֶת זֶה, מֻתָּר לוֹמַר זֶה לָזֶה מֵאֵיזֶה דָּבָר שֶׁשָּׁמַע מֵאֵיזֶה אָדָם, גַּם חֲבֵרוֹ מֻתָּר לְקַבֵּל דְּבָרָיו וְאֵין בּוֹ מִשּׁוּם לִשָּׁנָא בִּישָׁא.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
When there is love between fellow Jews, one is permitted to tell the other something that he heard from a third party. The one who hears it can accept what he was told without being guilty of accepting slander.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 8
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ח. עַל־יְדֵי לָשׁוֹן הָרָע אֵין לָאָדָם חֵשֶׁק לִלְמד, גַּם מְבַזֶּה אֶת הַצַּדִּיק.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person guilty of slander loses his desire for Torah study and also shames the Tzaddik.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 9
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ט. מִלָּשׁוֹן הָרָע נִצּוֹל עַל־יְדֵי אֱמֶת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Truth saves one from slandering others.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 10
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י. כְּשֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת עַצְמוֹ מִלָּשׁוֹן הָרָע, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה לא יַחֲרשׁ רָעָה עַל חֲבֵרוֹ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Guarding against slander keeps one from plotting evil against his fellow Jews.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 11
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יא. מִי שֶׁאֵין מְקַבֵּל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע עַל צַדִּיק, עַל־יְדֵי זֶה יִזְכֶּה לְהִמָּנוֹת עִם הַצַּדִּיקִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Whoever refuses to accept slander about the Tzaddik merits being counted among the righteous.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 12
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יב. גַּסּוּת מֵבִיא אֶת הָאָדָם לְדַבֵּר בִּגְנוּת בְנֵי־אָדָם.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Haughtiness leads a person to speak disparagingly of others.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 13
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יג. לָשׁוֹן הָרָע אֵין אוֹמְרוֹ, עַד שֶׁכּוֹפֵר בָּעִקָּר וְחוֹטֵא בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
One does not speak slander unless he has first been guilty of denying the Holy One. He thus sins against God and man.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 14
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יד. מֻתָּר לוֹמַר לָשׁוֹן הָרָע עַל בַּעַל הַמַּחֲלקֶת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
It is permissible to speak slanderously of a person who instigates strife and conflict.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 15
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טו. מוֹצִיא שֵׁם רָע עַל חֲבֵרוֹ, אֵין לוֹ מְחִילָה עוֹלָמִית.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person guilty of giving a fellow Jew a bad name is never pardoned.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 16
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טז. עַל־יְדֵי לָשׁוֹן הָרָע אֵין מְקַבֵּל פְּנֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person guilty of slander cannot receive the Divine Presence.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 17
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יז. הַמְסַפֵּר בְּלָשׁוֹן הָרָע וְהַמְקַבְּלוֹ, רָאוּי לְהַשְׁלִיכוֹ לַכְּלָבִים.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Both the one who speaks slander and the one who accepts it deserve to be thrown to the dogs.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 18
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יח. תִּקּוּן לְלָשׁוֹן הָרָע – אֲמִירַת הַקְּטרֶת.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
Reciting the Torah section on the Temple incense-offering (Exodus 30:34-38) is a rectification for slander.


###### Sefer HaMiddot, Slander, Part I 19
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יט. עַל־יְדֵי לָשׁוֹן הָרָע נְגָעִים בָּאִים עָלָיו וּמַגְדִּיל עֲווֹנוֹת עַד לַשָּׁמַיִם וְרָאוּי לְסָקְלוֹ בְּאָבֶן.

**The aleph bet book, translated by Moshe Mykoff. New York: Breslov Research Institute, 1986:**
A person guilty of slander will be afflicted with leprosy. His crime is so great, that it reaches the heavens and he deserves to be stoned.