Gate · Construction stage

Shmiras HaPeh

Guarded Speech

Shmiras HaPeh is the disciplined care of what leaves your mouth. Words build worlds. Words also burn them. This gate keeps the sanctuary clean.

שמירת הפה

Gate

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Why this stone matters

The role in the sanctuary

Chayim u'maves b'yad halashon — life and death are in the hand of the tongue. The mouth is the primary gate of the inner Beis HaMikdash.

This week's practices

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