King Solomon famously wrote, “Death and life depend on how one uses their tongue.” (Proverbs, 18:21). When considering conflict, whether it be on a global scale or a personal one, how people communicate with each other has often resulted in significant consequences for wellbeing, sometimes even the loss of life. The Torah, understanding the power of speech to be both a life giving, and a life taking faculty, prescribes specific rules for living a life of positive communication and awareness of specific types of negative communication that one should take care to avoid. Rabbi Yisroel Meir Kagan compiled these rules into his famous work, known as the Chafetz Chaim, by which he came to be known. The focus of this course is studying the laws, concepts, and cases described in this work. Through this study students can learn to improve the quality of their relationships and prevent the damage that comes through carelessness in speech.