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The "Sefer Chafetz Chaim" (or Chofetz Chaim or Hafetz Hayim) (, trans. ''Desirer of Life'') is the magnum opus of Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, who later became known simply as ''The Chofetz Chaim''. The book deals with the Jewish ethics and laws of speech, and is considered the authoritative source on the subject. ==The book== The title of the work ''Chafetz Chaim'' by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan is taken from Psalms : The subject of the book is ''Lashon Hara''. Rabbi Kagan provides copious sources from the Torah, Talmud and ''Rishonim'' (early commentators) about the severity of Jewish law on tale-mongering and gossip. Lashon hara, meaning ''evil speech'' (or loosely gossip and slander and prohibitions of defamation), is sometimes translated as ''prohibitions of slander'', but in essence is concerning the ''prohibitions of saying evil/bad/unpleasant things about a person, that are true''. The book is divided into three parts: *''Mekor Chayim'' ("Source of Life"), the legal text. *''Be'er mayim chayim'' ("Well of living water"), the footnotes and legal argument. *It is commonly printed together with the text ''Shemirath ha-Lashon'' ("Guarding of the tongue"), an ethical treatise on the proper use of the faculty of speech. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chofetz Chaim」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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