Rabbeinu Yona on Pirkei Avos 1:16 - Limiting Even Positive Speech

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

the son of Hillel is the son of ram Gamel hazaken and then after that absence my whole life I grew up among the Sages I did not find anything better physically than silence expounding is not what is primary Ella hamasa rather action foreign one who increases in words brings to sin so all of these three statements are extolling the virtues of Silence it's good physically it's not speech which is primary but action and excessive speech brings to sin says I didn't just grow up among the sages I watched them the hevanti I comprehended all the important Midas I didn't find anything better for the body than silence himself already explains regarding silence Adam in man's speech there could be damage or if it's speech that could have some Advantage advantage and some harm such speech Ram Gamaliel did not need to warn us about because it's obvious if it's entirely damaging or partially damaging we don't need to warn us about every person will be careful from it if he wants to guard from the distress of his soul but even speech that is not harmful at all is entirely advantageous speaking about one's business of attack or for livelihood one has to minimize the speech and that is only what is sufficient veins it goes without saying when it comes to foolishness that if it's not advantageous or if it's not disparaging meaning something that some that's totally damaging partially damaging we don't need to warn us about it's talking about even speech which is totally beneficial should be curtailed as much as possible certainly nonsense said if I would have been on harcina I

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1. 0:33the son of Hillel is the son of ram Gamel hazaken and then after that absence…
2. 1:07expounding is not what is primary Ella hamasa rather action foreign one who increases in words…
3. 2:15or if it's speech that could have some Advantage advantage and some harm such speech Ram…
4. 3:20that if it's not advantageous or if it's not disparaging meaning something that some that's totally…
5. 3:50said if I would have been on harcina I would have asked for two mouths he…
6. 4:52and therefore they did not want to use their mouth for any mundane purpose of just…
7. 5:53world heaven all thoughts all planning that a person plans in this world it's all empty…
8. 6:25many of you before you talk you better do don't talk about the importance of things…
9. 7:27Don't just run the mouth and giving over halacha but one should be deliberate in thought…
10. 8:28sin but if delayed saying this until it says this is instruction regarding Tyra Afghanistan sir…

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