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Mishnah 8
…the more charity, the more peace.
True charity is peace itself, and is characterized by one’s willingness to forgo money that is rightfully theirs, out of sense of duty. The kind of charity where a person gives only out of goodness of their heart does not bring peace.
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Mishnah 8
The more flesh, the more worms: Physical things are limited in space and in time. (However) the more Torah, the more life: Spiritual activities are not limited by space or by time.
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Mishnah 6
One who lacks Torah knowledge cannot acquire the fear of HaShem. The Rabbi’s say, …if there is no wisdom there is no fear of Heaven.
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Torah study is good together with proper social conduct:The Hebrew yafeh talmud Torah im derech eretz implies that proper social conduct is primary and Torah study is subordinate. But surely Torah study is primary!
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…for you do not know the reward for the respective mitzvot
The reward for a mitzvah is commensurate with its ability to bring a person close to HaShem. It is entirely possible that a minor mitzvah brings a person closer to HaShem than doe a major one.
…Calculate the loss due to a mitzvah against its reward
The loss due to fulfilling a positive commandment is the effort or expense required to fulfill it. The loss due to not transgressing a negative commandment is the pleasure it would have provided.
…the reward of a sin against its cost
The reward of a sin is the pleasure that the transgression offers; the cost is the lost reward which HaShem would have bestowed for observing His commandment.
Calculate the loss to a mitzvah against its reward, and the reward of a sin against its cost.
In reality, our mishnah does not consider reward to be the purpose behind observing mitzvot. It uses the fact that there is a reward as a practical stratagem, to deal with the lethargy and temptation. Ideally, the motivation to observe mitzvot should clearly be the love of HaShem.
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What is the proper path?
The Mishnah tells us that there is a “balanced path,” defined on one side by subjective opinion of what is proper, and on the other side by external perceptions of what is proper. To choose the right path is to do the right thing in the right way, by testing the integrity of our choices against personal and public standards.
Whatever is a credit to himself and earns him the esteem of fellow men.
We may ask: If a person does that which they know to be good, why doe they need to consider the opinion of others? The answer is that behavior must be acceptable to the community as well as to HaShem. Behavior can be truly upright and yet arouse suspicion or contempt.
Whatever is credit to himself and earns him esteem of fellowmen.
A sincere person directs their acts for the sake of Heaven. A person who wishes to gain approval by appearing tobe righteous is not on the “proper path.” One’s action must receive public esteem, but must not be motivated by it.
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MaHaRaL, in Derech Chaim, opens our eyes to spiritual structure of Creation. He explains that Torah is the tree of life rooted in Ha Shem’s existence, and that Torah study and practice cause beauty and worth to flow into our lives. Torah imbues life with the continuous potential to establish a multifaceted relationship with Ha Shem, which will be the basis of our eternal existence in the World to Come. Although the opportunity to spend eternity in Ha Shem’s close presence is a foreboding challenge, the Rabbis of the Mishnah and Talmud have provided us with the knowledge and guidance we need to achieve this ultimate spiritual success.
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