Shmiras Halashon Daily

When does staying silent about a shidduch become 'standing by your brother's blood'? Rabbi Klapper covers two categories that must be shared in a shidduch. First, a serious hidden condition - a genetic or chronic...

Can a person's grandparents' sins be used to sink his shidduch? Rabbi Klapper teaches that it is forbidden to embarrass someone over the deeds of their ancestors. If a person is a baal teshuvah - a wonderful person, a...

Is it really worth being 'in with the in crowd' if the price is your own good midos? Rabbi Klapper takes a side point from the discussion of judging others' midos: some people are quick-witted enough to cut someone down...

What if the boy everyone calls 'not so sharp' simply refuses to waste his time on nonsense? Continuing on shidduch information, Rabbi Klapper explains that when it comes to reporting on someone's midos, you have to...

What do you do when a shidduch call catches you off guard and you're not sure what you're allowed to say? Opening the final section of the Sefer Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Klapper turns to the everyday world of shidduch...

Should you push a friend into a partnership or shidduch you'd never touch yourself? Rabbi Klapper closes with the opposite case: may you encourage someone to enter a partnership or a shidduch? It depends on what you...

The partnership is already sealed — can you still warn Reuven that his partner is dishonest? Rabbi Klapper asks what to do once the partnership is already made. It depends, says the Chofetz Chaim, on how Reuven will...

You know the man Reuven is about to partner with is careless with other people's money — do you speak up? Opening the final section of the sefer, Rabbi Klapper brings a common case: Reuven and Shimon are still working...

Do these halachos of rechilus protect every single person — no matter what they believe? Rabbi Klapper reaches the closing point of this section: everything said about hilchos lashon hara and rechilus concerns fellow...

So what should the seller actually say when the disappointed buyer comes back? Rabbi Klapper shows the proper way to handle yesterday's case. Perhaps Shimon never knew Reuven wanted the item, and the seller simply...

A buyer set an item aside and left for cash — but you sold it to the next customer. What do you tell him? Rabbi Klapper gives a vivid example: Reuven agrees to buy something at a garage sale and leaves to fetch the...

You voted no in a secret ballot — so can you tell the angry crowd it wasn't your doing? Rabbi Klapper brings the Chofetz Chaim's exception to yesterday's heter of saying I didn't do it. Picture a committee of seven...

Your car is parked right behind the one that was scraped — and the owner turns and asks you who did it. What now? Rabbi Klapper presents a fresh case: you saw who scraped a man's car, and your own car sits right behind...

How many aveiros can hide inside one throwaway comment on the street? Rabbi Klapper counts the damage when one person tells another he was overcharged and the victim storms back to the store, sparking a fight over...

You spot a friend's new purchase and blurt out that he paid way too much — are you helping or sinning? Rabbi Klapper describes what happens in real life when someone who doesn't know these halachos sees a friend's new...