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According to the Pain is the Reward- Ethics of Our Fathers (5:21) פּרקי אבות

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Rabbi Aaron L Raskin

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[Music] chapter five which is the final chapter of ethics of our fathers because chapter six already is no longer a mishna chapter six starts AA so in the final mishna in chapter five of ethics of our fathers it says Ben B says he says that you should delve into the Torah and continue to delve into the Torah for everything is found in it the mishna goes on to say at the end of the mishna the final words he says according to the pain is the reward and according to this version of reward and according to this version of the M Mish chapter five ends with these words the according to the pain is the reward so what is the simple interpretation are what is the simple interpretation what is the hint and the h letics and the esoteric and theic interpretation in the esoteric and theic interpretation in the mishna we start with theat the simple interpretation what is the difference between Ben bagbag and Ben HEI so on the simple level of B bagbag is talking about the study of Torah and Ben is talking about the performance of a Mitzvah says back bag you should know look into the Torah for everything is found in the Torah and if you don't find it is because you did not you don't find it is because you did not search hard enough on the contrary look inside and turn it over and go deeper and deeper and ultimately you'll find everything is found in the Torah and talks about the concept of of a mitz a performance of a good deed that according to the pain is the W this is the the simple interpretation of the the

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  1. 0:02[Music] chapter five which is the final chapter of ethics of our fathers because chapter six
  2. 2:36of the the mishna what is thees the hint the hint of the mishna is that
  3. 5:12a in truth you can spell hey three ways hey hey hey alif and hey they're
  4. 7:51very biblical in the Torah itself it says God says if you follow my statutes then
  5. 10:26and effort and even pain into doing something and there is no reward to the effort
  6. 12:59beyond the letter of the law even under these circumstances you also get reward for the
  7. 15:35so Ben are the children of ab and sah the children of converts Ben bag bag
  8. 18:13so it depends how you end off so the entire ethics of our fathers is encapsulated
  9. 20:47dangerous for a non-jew to convert and become a Jew and yet these are people who
  10. 23:24would say it's easier to study the entire talmud than to change one attributes comes Ben

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