Rabbeinu Yona on Pirkei Avos 26 - The Floating Skull That Confirmed Hillel's Teaching

okay good morning RAB this is just our final offering we're continuing in uh per with the commentary of R we're learning a par mishna we're continuing to learn the teachings of the great shal H where H once saw he also saw a skull that was floating on the water he said to it because you killed you were killed the end will be those who drowned you they will be drowned what is the meaning of this mishna there are many questions you could ask on this mishna why does the mishna begin with the word af after all you're not supposed to start with the word AF what is it the AF even going on why is the Miss Aramaic but let's see what says because you killed and you caused the skull of this slain to float har because you caused a skull to to float you were killed and your skull floated and whoever killed you did not act properly and it's like they spilled innocent blood who that will happen to them there's no way to kill a murderer only a court through the law of the anyone who kills even a murderer the blood of a murderer is not given over for someone else to kill them because of this in the end others will do to them like they did to your brothers meaning in the end for someone who killed you those who killed will be killed therefore this matter was so what exactly is this uh mishna doing here why what is the connection between this mishna and the previous mishna where Hill said someone who's completely empty will not fear sin someone who is unlearned will not be righteous someone who's ashamed will not learn someone who is has cannot teach someone who works a lot will not increase his wisdom and in a place where there is no one to repre command yourself you need to do that in a place where there's no one as great as you you need to strive for people who are even on a higher level what exactly is the connection hereo learned in the previous Mna that one of the themes of the mishna is that you always have to be concerned for the remote uh possibility that's what how R learned the mishna before uh don't say that something won't be heard ultimately it will be heard don't say I'll learn when I have time you might not have time that's so to speak taught us the a very valuable lesson the valuable lesson is you need to be concerned in this world you need to be concerned even for remote possibility therefore because of that caution a person has to take perhaps Hill is adding since we have to be very cautious you really need to be concerned that without the proper education without the proper learning a person will not accomplish in this world don't say yeah I'll learn even if I'm not even if I'm ashamed no maybe you need to be concerned that if you're ashamed and you don't ask that one question that could clarify the whole matter you will not you will not be successful in learning in other words from Mish H taught us a very important lesson that when it comes to person has to be concerned for a remote possibility don't say yeah when I retire I'll learn who says you'll make it to them don't say yeah I'll tell PL and nobody will hear about it no maybe people will hear about it therefore Hill continues to teach don't say okay I'm a ban I'll learn any way I'll accomplish any way even if I don't ask that question or I'll be I'll make time to learn even if I'm or I'll grow in even if I don't challenge myself so much no if you don't take advantage of every last opportunity and possibility you may not accomplish your mission in this world so H also saw this gas maybe this somehow reinforces the theme that Hill's teaching and he said look you may not have thought that the person you may not have thought that because you drowned somebody you would be drowned someday but look it happened to you you didn't think that would happen you figured you know what I'll kill someone and I'll get away with it you were't oh well look look at you now now you're floating in the water so the remote possibility that you should have been afraid of happened to you maybe that's why it says somehow this event reinforced what Hilla was teaching until now that one has to be concerned for the uh remote possibility and and uh not to so to speak just whitewash it and say nah nothing will ever happen now H said things happen in this world and therefore you should you should know that those who drowned you one day will get back at them maybe that's why this story is not just a random narrative that happened in Hill's life but somehow this reinforces the Theology of H which is as said in okay I wish everybody a wonderful shabas good to see everyone CV record