Pirkei Avos Chapter 4 Mishna 8-10

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Okay, Pier Aos, we're now in continuing in peral chapter 4 and according to the count that I'm using, we will begin today with Mishna Mishna 8. And the Mishna says as follows. Rabiosi Omare Rabiosi says anybody who gives honor to the Torah anybody who gives honor to the Torah alabrios literally means like his body is honored by other creations. He's he's simply understood it means he or she is honored by others. Torah and whoever desecrates dishonors Torah. So then that person is dishonored by others. So on a very basic level So on a very basic level this is telling us and and really could be contrasting with a famous teaching perhaps more famous teaching of Pavas from Benzma. Benzma says who is honored? one who honors others, one who honors the brios. Um that if a people see somebody giving honor to others, then they'll they'll honor that person. And this is telling us maybe a step higher that if a person honors the Torah, then that if a person honors the Torah, then others will honor them as well. And the way that the major cites it is that even that people of more elevated character will will honor them that their habos brios means like creations but people who have attained kind of the the a higher level of creation a higher purpose they've they've they've I don't want to say achieved their purpose but they're closer to achieving their purpose in creation that purpose in creation that that there's there's a natural tendency perhaps more basic level that anybody could attain which is that they'll honor people who honor others and that's that's good and that's important. Not everybody will honor those who honor the Torah, but those who are Brios, those who have who have reached a level of recognition of what's what what this world is about. So those

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