Precise Appropriateness For Each Person - Pirkei Avos With Rabbeinu Yona Perek 3 Mishna 11

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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.

progress. >> Okay, friends. Welcome everyone. We're continuing Pirkei Avot perek gimmel mishnah yud bet. Rebbi Shimon omer Rebbi Shimon says have a kal l'rosh. Literally, you should be easy to a leader. V'noyach l'tashchiras. Be pleasant to a governor. V'have a mekabel es kol adam b'simcha. And you should receive everyone with joy. Says Rabbeinu Yonah, what does this mean? Rebbi Shimon omer have a kal l'rosh. Ratzah l'omar she'yikla atzmi l'mishu rosh. You should make yourself low, easy to someone who's a leader. V'adon, and a master. K'mashe ne'emar Al tit'hadar lifnei melech. Don't glorify yourself before a king. U'v'makom gadol al ta'amod. Don't stand in the place of great people. Shelo yakshive oiznecha adam gadol v'hakel atzmecha lifanav. Don't consider yourself important in front of great people. Lower yourself before them. La'asot chafatzav, to do their desires, u'l'hashlim tzrachav, and to fulfill their needs, v'al titzvada eilav. And don't make yourself important to them. It's derech eretz. When you're in the presence of great people, that is not the time to promote yourself, to elevate yourself. Humble yourself to do what they want. V'noyach l'tashchiras. Kol omer she'yehei noyach b'dvarav l'shachvar. Be pleasant in your words to a governor. Lo she'yeikel atzmecha lifanav. You don't have to lower yourself. You need to lower yourself to a very great person. But to a governor, you need to be pleasant. Ki einenu adon, he's not a master, v'lo ish is gaba a love.

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1. 0:00progress. >> Okay, friends. Welcome everyone. We're continuing Pirkei Avot perek gimmel mishnah yud bet. Rebbi…
2. 0:30joy. Says Rabbeinu Yonah, what does this mean? Rebbi Shimon omer have a kal l'rosh. Ratzah…
3. 1:00Don't consider yourself important in front of great people. Lower yourself before them. La'asot chafatzav, to…
4. 1:31do what they want. V'noyach l'tashchiras. Kol omer she'yehei noyach b'dvarav l'shachvar. Be pleasant in your…
5. 2:02It's not going to prevail over you. But he does have some power key after she…
6. 2:38But in your love with him you will benefit because he's a master. So it's a…
7. 3:08out for the touch chorus. From the positive in this week's parasha Moshe Rabbeinu said I…
8. 3:38that's why I must say no yak Adam God Adam for rage. You should be pleasant…
9. 4:11of the various uh of the precise manner of conduct when dealing with different types of…
10. 4:43to assess who you're speaking to. Not everyone is dealt with the exact same way. There's…

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