Rabbeinu Yona on Pirkei Avos 1:3 Serve Hashem On Condition NOT TO Receive Reward

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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.

variety of countries and of course everyone is is humbly requested if they could participate on whatever level they're able to. But we're asking everybody if you could join us Sunday night at 9:00 p.m. for a 15-minute Zoom meeting about um how you can help us um we would really be honored and touched if you would set up a page a team page on charity and it's very easy to do. And this way you can get some of your friends and family involved. It's the a team page whatever you're able to do. Some people the range is from uh a small amount to a large amount. So whatever works for you it would be a very big boost to our campaign. Thank you very much. We're now going to do um continuing our share on Pirkei Avot. We are up to Mishnah Gimmel. And Mishnah Gimel seems like a straightforward Mishnah and Rabbeinu Yonah has a twist on this Mishnah like you cannot believe. Sorry, in the future I hope to have the source sheets for you for the Pirkei Avot part. Mishnah Gimel, Antigonus Ish Sokho Kibel mi Shimon HaTzaddik. Antigonus a man of Sokho he received the Torah from Shimon HaTzaddik. Hu haya omer, Antigonus used to say as follows. Meaning, Rashi says this was something he frequently said. Al tiyu ka'avadim ha'meshamesh al menat le kabbel peras. Do not be like a servant that serves his master on condition to receive reward. Now, what does the word peras mean? Rashi says peras is a lashon of erech like be'erchin, which the Targum translates be'pursoni.

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1. 0:31variety of countries and of course everyone is is humbly requested if they could participate on…
2. 2:03Mishnah like you cannot believe. Sorry, in the future I hope to have the source sheets…
3. 3:33chesed. And therefore, Antigonus Ish Sokho is saying don't serve Hashem on condition that he will…
4. 5:06Be like servants that serve their master not on condition to receive reward. And he might…
5. 6:38But what should you do? Our mission says this is very interesting. Our mission says be…
6. 8:08have a garsa. Serve God on condition not to get a reward. It means don't serve…
7. 9:42they're sitting shiva and they're really in a very bad situation and you want to go…
8. 11:14Um I would like I need to make a minyan in my house tomorrow. Could you…
9. 12:47mitzvahs we could do for him, don't embarrass us by paying us. So, therefore, a person…
10. 14:19it's almost Don't No, please, please don't you're embarrassing me. You're embarra Don't you know? Some…

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