Musar for Bava Kamma 110:1
מתני׳ <big><strong>הכונס</strong></big> צאן לדיר ונעל בפניה כראוי ויצאה והזיקה פטור לא נעל בפניה כראוי ויצאה והזיקה חייב
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A MAN BRINGS SHEEP INTO A SHED AND LOCKS THE DOOR IN FRONT OF THEM PROPERLY, BUT THE SHEEP [NEVERTHELESS] GET OUT AND DO DAMAGE, HE IS NOT LIABLE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As he is not to blame. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> IF, HOWEVER, HE DOES NOT LOCK THE DOOR IN FRONT OF THEM PROPERLY, HE IS LIABLE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As he did not discharge his duty of guarding his cattle. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Shemirat HaLashon
We find in the Torah that if one stole from his friend, his amendment is to return the stolen object to its owner, and if he grieved or shamed him, to conciliate him and be forgiven by him. But one who habituates himself to this sin [lashon hara] certainly stirs up the Great Adversary to condemn the world. Who knows how many were impoverished because of him [the speaker] and how many died because of him? And though by the laws of man he cannot be punished for this, still, by the laws of Heaven, even though this is gramma [(an act of indirect causation)], he is not absolved of this. Therefore, one who heeds his soul should take great heed of this.
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