Chofetz chaim biography definition
Yisrael Meir (HaKohen) Kagan (January 26, 1838 – September 15, 1933), known popularly as the Chofetz Chaim (Hebrew: חפץ חיים, romanized: Chafetz Chaim, lit. 'Desirer of Life'), after the title of one of the books he wrote, was an influential rabbi of the Musar movement, (although some dispute this categorization of the Chofetz Chaim as a supporter of the Musar movement) a Halakhist, posek, and ethicist whose works continue to be widely influential in Jewish life.
Biography
Kagan was born in Dzyatlava, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire (today Belarus), on January 26, 1838, and died in Radun (Yiddish: Radin), Wilno Province in Poland (now Belarus) on September 15, 1933. His surname, Poupko, is not widely known. His home town, Dzyatlava, was once named Zdzięcioł when it was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth until the time of the partitions of Poland. When Kagan was ten years old, his father died. His mother moved the family to Vilnius in order to continue her son's Jewish education. While in Vilnius, Kagan became a student of Rabbi Jacob Barit and studied alongside Eliyahu of Lida. Kagan's mother later remarried (Epstein) and moved to Radin. At 17, he married the daughter of his stepfather, and settled in Radin.
He served as the town rabbi of Radin for a short period. He then resigned from this position to establish the yeshiva in the city, which eventually became world-famous. By all accounts he was a modest and humble man, faithfully devoted to his Jewish faith. For a while he had a shop selling household provisions, which he and his wife managed. From 1864 to 1869 he taught Talmud in Minsk and Washilishok.
In 1869, he formed a yeshiva in Radin. The yeshiva was a success and grew to prominence, later becoming known as "Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim of Radin". In addition to spreading Torah through his yeshiva, Kagan, who became known as "the Chofetz Chaim", was very active in Jewish causes. He traveled extensively to encourage the observ 1873 book by Yisrael Meir Kegan This article is about the book. For its author, see Yisrael Meir Kagan. For other uses, see Chofetz Chaim (disambiguation). The SeferChofetz Chaim (or Chafetz Chaim or Hafetz Hayim) (Hebrew: חָפֵץ חַיִּים, trans. "Pursuer of Life") is a book by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan, who is also called "the Chofetz Chaim" after it. The book deals with the Jewish laws of speech. The title of the Chafetz Chaim is taken from Psalms: Come, children, hearken to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is the man who desires life ("Chafetz Chaim"), who loves days to see goodness? Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceitfully. Shun evil and do good, seek peace and pursue it. — Psalm 34:12–15 The book's subject is Hilchoth Shmirath HaLashon (laws of clean speech). Kagan provides copious sources from the Torah, Talmud, and Rishonim about the severity of Jewish law on tale-mongering and gossip. Lashon hara, literally "'the evil tongue", i.e., evil speech (or loosely gossip and slander and prohibitions of defamation), is sometimes translated as "prohibitions of slander", but most commonly concerns the prohibitions of saying evil/bad/unpleasant things, whether or not they are true. The book is divided into three parts: Yisrael Meir Kagan is commonly known as the Chafetz Chaim, the name of his book. He was born in Dzyatlava, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire (today Belarus), on January 26, 1838. By 1869 his house became known as the Radin Yeshiva. Kagan published twenty-one books. His first work, Chafetz Chaim (1873), is the first El libroChofetz Chaim (en hebreo: ספר חפץ חיים) es la obra maestra del RabinoIsrael Meir Kegan, también conocido como Chofetz Chaim. El libro trata sobre la ética judía y las leyes sobre el habla y el lenguaje. Esta obra se considera una fuente autorizada sobre el tema. El tema del libro son las leyes que tratan acerca del uso de un lenguaje apropiado. El Rabino Kegan ofrece varias citas tomadas de fuentes confiables como la Torá, el Talmud, y los Rishonim (los primeros comentaristas), que tratan sobre la prohibición del chismorreo y la difamación de los demás en la ley judía. En el judaísmo el concepto de lashón hará significa hablar mal, chismear, calumniar y difamar a alguien). Lashón hará se traduce a veces como calumnia, aunque también se refiere a la prohibición de decir cosas malas y desagradables sobre una persona, esta última prohibición es aplicable, tanto en el caso de que la persona que está hablando realice afirmaciones ciertas, como en el caso de que la persona que calumnia esté diciendo falsedades. El libro está dividido en tres partes: El RabinoIsrael Meir Kagan es comúnmente conocido como el Chofetz Chaim, el nombre de su famosa obra sobre el uso adecuado del lenguaje. El Rabino nació en Zhetel, en Polonia, el 6 de febrero de 1838. A medida que su reputación fue creciendo, estudiantes de toda Europa acudieron en masa con él, y para el año 1869 su casa fue conocida como la Yeshivá de Radun. El Chofetz Chaim publicó 21 libros. Su primera obra fue el libro Chofetz Chaim (1873), esta obra fue el primer intento de organizar y aclarar las leyes relativas al Lashón hará. Otras obras notables incluyen el textoShemirat HaLashón, un trabajoéti Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan was an influential European rabbi and Jewish legal authority better known as the Chofetz Chaim, also the title of his monumental work on the laws of lashon hara, or “evil speech.” His other major work, the Mishnah Berurah, is a commentary on the first section of the Shulchan Aruch, the medieval Jewish law code, and is considered an authoritative work on Jewish law by many Ashkenazi Jews. Born in 1838 in what is today the western Belarussian town of Dzyatlava, Kagan was orphaned as a child and moved to Vilnius by his mother so he could receive a Jewish education. In his teens, his mother remarried and moved again to the town of Radin, where the Chofetz Chaim would later start a yeshiva and spend the rest of his life. Unusually for a rabbinic figure of his prominence, the Chofetz Chaim was not a recognized prodigy in his youth, and some say he didn’t even receive formal rabbinic ordination until much later in life. And while he was widely hailed as the leading Jewish scholar of his generation, he never held a formal title. For much of his life, he supported himself by operating a small grocery with his wife and he grew renowned for operating the business with scrupulous honesty. The stories told of him emphasize not his intellectual brilliance, but his refined moral intuition and his deep humility. Emblematic of these stories is one in which a non-Jewish customer was short-changed a herring, but the customer’s identity was unknown. In response, the Chofetz Chaim for a time gave a free herring to every non-Jewish customer. The book for which he is best-known was published semi-anonymously in 1873, its title taken from a line in Psalm 34, which reads: “Who is the man who desires life (chofetz chaim), who loves days to see goodness? Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceitfully.” The book is credited with elevating an area of Jewish law that had not previously been the subject of extensive study. It remains the a
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