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Rabbeinu Yona on Pirkei Avos Perek 2 Mishna 12 Elevating Mundane Activities For the Sake of Heaven

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press okay good afternoon friends I'm going to have shabas this is going to be one of our last weeks of per we're up to the end of mishna where Rua RI said that three things the money of your friend should be dear to you like your own prepare yourself to learn Tyra what does that mean number one it means with that you should reach the level of and in order to have uh TOA you need to acquire good mid part of part of preparation is to minimize in order to learn a lot of T and it's not a to you and you will not get achieve it if you don't toil um and then finally all your activities should be for the sake of Heaven this is where we're up to what does it mean all your activities should be for the sake of Heaven discretionary activities eating and drinking sitting beima standing going sh lying down conversation all of the needs of the body you should all be done for the service of your creator or something that will allow you to serve him better how do you eat and drink for the sake of Heaven certainly it goes without saying not to eat and drink prohibited things but even when you eat and drink permitted things and you're hungry and thirsty if you're just doing it for personal pleasure that is not praiseworthy unless your is to fulfill the needs of your body to eat to keep you alive that you could serve the Creator excessive eating causes harm like the scientist most illness comes from too much food it is only obligatory to eat until hunger is removed by doing so he will guard his soul from distress and he will enhance his health you know there are two kinds of people some people they eat until the food still tastes good but once it doesn't taste good anymore because he's just so overfilled they stop eating now to us that sounds good because we've created a third category some people eat until literally they can't eat anymore that is abhorent if a person is just eats till capacity until the food is disgusting to him that's abhorent even to eat well it still tastes good it's still giving me pleasure so I'm just going to continue to eat until I'm not in the mood that's also not correct because the pallet will always want to eat until the stomach is full and this will bring all Illness but rather a person should just eat until he's not hungry anymore the what means eats until he's satisfied but the stomach of the wicked is lacking it's the stomach can only digest only what it could contain the wicked that they fill their stomach and they eat to bring pleasure to their pallet till they don't desire anymore they are destroying their stomachs so they're ruining it a lack in the stomach is a destruction so the Wicked Will continuously eat until it cause causes harm to their stomach but that only eats so that he's not hungry that eats to just to remove hunger it it upholds the body his soul loves to do what is just in the eyes of and those who are wise will understand so one should not eat until he's not there are three kinds of eating to eat until you literally can't put more food in your mouth that's a pent to eat until well I'm just not in the mood anymore is not correct what is the correct approach eat until you're not hungry and friends that's that's not a lot and it's very this type of eating is somewhat far from our culture and from the way we are accustomed to thinking and really takes a lot of work and it's a big Challenge and that's what ra is teaching us that one should only eat until they're not hungry what does it mean sitting standing and going it goes without saying not to sit in a in a uh group of scoffers not to stand among Sinners not to walk with Wicked even to sit among just people stand with the righteous to go in the Council of the whole and the um complete ones he did it for his own pleasure and to complete the desires of his body his pleasure if you're just trying to rub shoulders with big rabbis that's not correct you're doing it for your own honorum unless you do it for the sake of heaven so even good things it's important to add and inject the right lying down how so what's the correct way it goes without saying if you could instead be involved in learning doing you just Delight in sleep for your pleasure it's not correct to do but even when you're toiling and you need to sleep to have some rest even when you're exhausted and you're going to lie down you're only doing it for your pleasure it's not correct unless you're is to fulfill the needs of your body in order to serve your creator to give some sleep to your eyes to give some rest to your body that you don't become crazy because of your Relentless schedule what's the right of relations it goes without saying you shouldn't sin even the Times legislated by the if you do it for your pleasure you achieve your desire it's lowly even if your is well I want to have children to serve me and take my place what is unless your Cav is to have children who could serve hasem or your is to fulfill the like someone who has a debt that he has to pay what's the correct way to have conversation goes without saying not to speak even to speak words of wisdom your needs to be to serve your creator or to involve in something that brings to the service of hem here's the upshot here's the executive summary a person is obligated to place his eyes and his heart on all of his dealings to weigh all of his activities in the scale of the intellect when you see something that will bring you closer to service of you should do it and if you have something that will bring you further away you should cease from it likewise writes mayor a blessed memory so this completes m andem we'll pick it up next time wishing everyone a wonderful beautiful shabas C recording stopped