Mesilas Yesharim, Perek 11 Part 5/11

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why is lashon hara called false even when the story is true? Lashon hara on someone says that he is bad, when only what he did was bad. Looking past a person's faults to who he really is guards against lashon hara and hatred. Yosef HaTzaddik shows the way past revenge, seeing that what happened to him came from Hashem and was for his good.

Key points

• The Mesilas Yesharim's example of avak lashon hara is praising someone before people who dislike him.
• The Chofetz Chaim built Sefer Chofetz Chaim as a halacha sefer from sugyos throughout Shas.
• Nekama is refusing a favor as payback, and netira is helping while still reminding him.
• We learn from Yosef HaTzaddik that what happens to us comes from Hashem and is for our good.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Avak lashon hara
2. 2:43The Chofetz Chaim's seforim
3. 6:25Learning both halacha and mussar
4. 8:05Why lashon hara is called false
5. 14:10Hatred and revenge in the Torah
6. 19:53Nekama and netira defined
7. 22:57Yosef HaTzaddik as the model

Topics

• Lashon Hara
• Mesilas Yesharim
• Nekama