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Rabbeinu Yona on Pirkei Avos 2:4 Theme of Hillel's Teachings - Be Concerned For Remote Possibilities

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okay friends I would like to finish up per we discussed the statement of H don't trust yourself until the day you die but how do we connect the next statements don't judge your friend until you get to his place [Applause] don't say something that I tell you nobody will hear about it it will eventually be heard you know that means if you have a secret don't say n I'll tell Yan and Yano won't tell anyone pal if you want you could tell Yano but just know if you tell Yano it will be posted on a billboard in Time Square everyone will know that don't ever say nah I'll just tell him but nobody else will hear you could tell him but we're letting you know the moment you breathe a word everyone will know and then the mishna says don't say when I have time I will learn you may never have time these sound like a random collection of advice First Hill says don't trust trust in yourself until the day you die then he says don't judge your friend until you get to his place then he says don't say something won't be heard it will be heard don't say when I have time I will learn you might not have time so explains like this last time we learned that RAB understands don't trust in yourself until the day you die it's regarding your level of uh spirituality don't say I'm already an old man I'm already a big sadic I've never sinned I'm good to go I can now so to speak take it easy let my guard down and uh yahar will never get me no never trust yourself theara is lurking in Ambush every single day of your life he's waiting for the moment that you let your your guard down the moment you let your guard down you're dead meat the moment you let your guard down you're done and says similarly to learn Tyra from people of who are aium don't say well I'll just take the good from them and I won't pick up the bad say no don't trust yourself you may you may be into ued adversely you know we see from this we see that when it comes to you need to be concerned for remote possibilities you know how it is in life people take out all kinds of insurances they take out life insurance long Health long care insurance old age Insurance uh renters insurance people take out all kinds of insurances why they're afraid of remote possibilities are they really afraid the answer is they're not really afraid it's just they can't take any chances because if something happens it will be a terrible loss so even though the chances are nothing will happen and that's how insurance companies are billion dollar Industries nevertheless a person has to be so careful because the stakes are so high but the truth is that when it comes to the spiritual world we don't take extra precautions you know if you had to get up for an important business meeting and if you miss this meeting you'll uh lose a lot of money you'll probably set two alarms so do you set two alarms when it comes to theisha do you say well theisha is coming I I don't want to miss it it would be terrible if I miss it so therefore for uh I'm going to set a second alarm no people people don't do that people don't do that but the truth is when it comes to we have to take extra precautions therefore says this is a similar theme to what we've learned so so far so far uh namely don't trust yourself we said earlier don't trust yourself until the day you die part of not trusting yourself is don't be so judgmental of your friend you look at your friend and you say oh you know he comes late to shakas or he doesn't learn so much I don't understand that what are his challenges already you know if I were in his shoes I would definitely do the right thing n don't be so quick to think that if you would be in his shoes you would do the right thing because you have to be concerned that if you were in his shoes you wouldn't do the right thing you have to be worried about the remote possibility that maybe you wouldn't do the right thing be happy you're not in his shoes this is all part of not trusting in yourself don't trust yourself till the day you die and part of that is don't be so judgmental of your friend maybe you wouldn't pass the test that he's not passing person should not believe in himself don't be so confidence in yourself when you see your friend in a very high level in other words when you see your friend means he's very successful he's very wealthy he's very popular he's not acting correctly never say if I were in his place I would never do any of his sins no you don't know what the next day will bring like you like him will be the fate of man me May meaning maybe one day you will also face that Challenge and maybe when you become well Todo and popular you won't pass the test either only when you're in his place and on his level and you overcome the challenge then then you'll have R and permission to question the way he's acting now the M says another thing another remote possibility you need to be concerned about don't say this matter will never be heard because it will say a person needs to be concerned for a remote possibility if you have a secret don't repeat it even to someone who you're you're Soul bound to don't say don't say that it's impossible that this will be heard there's no stranger here meaning if you have a secret don't say I'll just tell it to my best friend because the end will be everything will be heard even if you're going to talk to yourself don't let your own ear hear it us don't talk between the walls the walls have ears this is all part of the general idea the general idea is that you have to be concerned for remote possibilities the bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will speak the word don't say don't say when I am free when I am available never say yeah when I have time I'll learn you may never have time and again this is another illustration of how you have to be concerned for your remote possibility person might say yeah I'll start learning when I retire and what's going to be until then I'm too busy I'm too busy until then no no you think you're going to make it to retirement yeah 80% of people make it to there you know what if it was the physical world if you were saying I'll play golf when I retire then you have a right to say I won't play golf until I retire because chances are you'll make it but this is too important not to have an insurance policy the same way nobody says n why should I buy insurance 80% of people make it to 90 years old so I should I buy insurance does anybody act that way people have all kinds of insurances they have lawn care insurance Health Care insurance life insurance even though you're you're you're creating billion dollar Industries who they know that the they're playing the odds and the odds are you're not going to ever collect it but the answer is when the stakes are high you can't rely on the odds the only real thing in life that the stakes are high on is your and therefore don't say when I have time I'll learn you don't know what the next day will bring and even tomorrow new things will come to interfere with your schedule and you'll have to go and spend time in those empty things there is no dir of eventualities that could occupy your time and if you wait till till you have time you will leave this world without make your tah study fixed and established even now so the this whole mishna is this whole mishna of the teachings of Hill is really thematic and the main theme is when it comes to you need need to be concerned for remote possibilities therefore don't trust yourself until you die you never know don't judge your friend until you get to his place don't think you would be any better don't say that I'll tell him and nobody will hear about it you got to be concerned people are going to find out and never say I'll start learning when I have time you can't leave such an important thing and bet on the odds that you will have time okay have a wonderful my grand