Don't Serve God For The Rewards (Pirkei Avot Class #6)

something I'm not sure if I said Hanukkah time but basically we're gonna it's gonna be an overview of this Mission we did last week and the next missioner right it's going to be more discussing the the main the main um lemon to learn from it with me as opposed to I mean we try and work out all the words and this and Etc so we said um right we said last week that both earlier say that what does it mean it means that the world was created for these three things for the Torah yeah now um the parthenura when he says that the world was for Torah he says in order for the Jewish people to accept the Torah right not that the world was created for that but in order for the Jewish people that they're going to accept the Torah now the toaster jobs if I'm incorrectly says why does not say that because he has a question when you say the world was created for the Torah so Torah includes everything the trials are all inclusive I mean that's why shampoo the world into existence so what do you mean and you're saying it means the world was created for this purpose so Torah finished jump in here I'm saying she wants to say that it was referring to the not the obviously the keeping of the Torah um in a in a general sense that's what was created included so when it says um when it says it means that Hashem created the world when the Jewish people would accept upon themselves the Torah the accepting of the Torah okay now the next the next mission would you say the next mission it says antiguous is Soho is to not be like the Avid who serves and you have a dim Ash now here there's a difference foreign meaning don't do it because you want to gain out of it even if it's a spiritual gain right you want to gain out of it in in this world the next World don't do that and I do it I'm not you know I'm not talking about you're doing it with no you know any you know you're not doing it for the for the for the rewards says you should be doing it I'm doing it I don't want to get promised it's more it's it's more like you say I'm doing it now with the intention I do not want to get traffic not just part of yeah he says [Music] who okay one second he says the notion is heaven should be upon you okay now um now we said last week I'm going to see every mishna that this that's what they used to say them you know often for their generation and um the the ivids you know I wish it says you just find it over here yeah one second one second ah yeah so it says I'm quoting here from a browser safer on Hanukkah actually it says this was the thing they used to say to that generation this was the message for their generation if you look in the in a rambami knock them out to Mission and also yeah he brings Messiah we're gonna go learn through now in um he goes through all the things he goes right through right so so over here it was the end and then he gave over right right one goggle to the next one talent to the next so so um so uh Roberta asks what was it why what was it that was his message right what was special about the generations is that between today we're just going to look at the overview of rather going into the Duke him and this and another if you remember we did say last week uh the shop from I think I'm not mistaken um that uh um he said I think we said last week no that we said Israel last week we did the 20 Thrills said last week that even though you think it's referring to the world the universe is referring to your private World remember we said that last week howlam your world stands on the following three things and it was the three Devils the person between him and himself he's applying his mind that building his nishama right him himself and and we said the refugee says you take this world which is really not standing it's transient and you make it stand you make it Eternal because by doing learning Torah and davening and you make everything physical into something spiritual which is the whole purpose of everything right it's making it okay now in the time of Sadiq was the second betterment right pre-hasmanian era yeah between before um before the Greek um what's the word when an invasion I mean the Greeks were as it were in control Alexander the Great because you know he was the king of the world he was in control and they had to answer to the Greeks to a certain extent but they were on their own the way to make that was running they were doing everything as they wanted the Greeks yeah reminding the sword of mind their own business however um and there were Miracles still going on in place even on the second bedroom there were not the ten constant Miracles as we're going to learn later on in the fifth peric who had the ten Miracles that took place in the middle and then the second language they weren't you know it wasn't so much but in Italian they still had certain Miracles going on whichever yeah there's still five Miracles now he realized the danger of the Greeks right he realized the danger of the Greeks and he saw that their philosophy in Teva and all the rest of it is going to ruin the Jewish people because it's the complete antithesis to Yiddish guy right as the president I quote even the the rush I think it's a trooper of the rush when he's comparing secular secular knowledge yeah to to the Torah a philosophia this is the rosh big natural it's a Greek word that's what it comes in foreign foreign and even if scientifically something should be this way it's irrelevant as far as we're concerned we follow the Torah says it could be scientifically yeah that's true physics especially up in there gravity or it's going to come down right but when we follow the Torah says we'll see in a minute it doesn't go in the same way oh now he says the philosophy science right basically he says um there was whatever and they did scientific experiments and they had to as the scientist has to deny the Divinity of the Torah and everything it says in the Torah when it clashes into science but we did experiment it's not true right someone is immoral they're not going to die because of it I mean and if you don't plow your field and work your crops for a whole year straight you're going to ruin your field and die of starvation and it's pretty straightforward right no I mean don't be rocking scientists they'll be Aristotle to work that one now and then the other things they said so he says the future in this this is you should be you know simple with Hashem your God meaning Affiliated even if scientifically they've proven it to and everything's perfect and everything works and they've got it and they can improve it to you you can see with your own eyes you know I mean the microscope these things in Corona and viruses and whatever it is don't get thrown off don't get thrown off even it's proven 100 scientific proof so what says so what it's whatever toys we go with the Torah and if he says you know if you don't eat 24 hours we do this you fast it and that it's dangerous to health yeah the the medicine you know where was that what's that magazine called there's a time like not Time Magazine there's something called Med some famous medical journal it's an American thing whatever it is [Music] forget it okay now um how are the Greeks are very powerful that was in a precursor of of Western society as we know it now wonderful Western Society that's flourishing and everyone's happy and enjoying life right and just going yeah Western Society now so so they wanted to Enlighten the world land Napoleon that all the people in history one in light in the world and everyone they conquered which was the whole world so they decided to be Communists to make everyone equal and everyone should be able to enjoy you know the light of of uh you know and philosophy Etc and they started the you know influencing the Jewish people but wasn't we never weren't yet decrees or anything this and that just you know propaganda and it was coming it was leaking through saw this as a godla door he saw this and he that's why he said this was a message generation don't be influenced by the Greeks made the world was created for and only exists because of Torah and yes it's true if you're learning as much as you can and doing much as you can and bringing cover note and Daven as much as you can so then if we tether up or how am I going to survive it panelsa have to work this and that how why you know if I don't plant in Swiss I'm gonna you know where my Palace gonna come from if I'm busy doing headset where's my panels are going to come you mean I have to we're by myself right so you have to come in people throughout when it comes to prove their point I mean oh no Tori I'm about the doctor and this and then I mean and then the Safari apparent was a doctor I just read now today foreign we said last week I know but we said that we said it last week there wasn't a real conversion and it went back they got annoyed and they decided to snitch or Mouse in whatever you want to use about the Jewish people they said Alexander your highness the Jewish people are rebelling they want to rebel against you and you know and kick you out and they don't want any Greek to get dressed get rid of you it's like obviously got annoyed he said fine we're going to destroy Jerusalem at nothing why not I'm bored no Wars at the moment let's go and just wipe out new Shalom yeah fine anyway he went with his army Alexander was leading his army the greatest army of the world in control of the entire universe known Worlds at the time and he went off and it says he was marching through the whole night and Sadiq start left you shall I am to meet Alexander the Great which was basically suicidal I mean if you understand it's basically sort of like imagine you know as if it were either in the Second World War I don't know what is another walking out in his frock and his hat with a few times to meet Hitler you know Rommel whatever you want on his way to just wipe out vilna and especially the Jews that's the equivalent just this his heart you know went off when he's big dick with young kahanim and he walked all night with torches in the hands walking towards this hill where Alexander the gray was going to come to overlook you Shalom okay so suicidal basically because he come to wipe them out and he says When the Dawn Rose and Alexander on his big white stallion imagine how it looked like I don't know how I've seen it yet we looked like this you know strong big muscle Greek he was Greek it has to be big muscles right this Greek guy comes off and he comes off the horse and he sees you and suddenly coming yeah for office and we said in the big dick of it he gets off his horse bows down to and says you know what what can I do for you everyone was in shock let me imagine the equipment like the Hitler you know you imagine you know investment and he was like saying what can I what happened and and and um everyone said what's going on why are you buying your hands what is this he's a Jew why are you back down to he said he said whenever I go to war I see this person's face before I go into battle and I always win foreign respect you know I feel in his in his in his in his Merit I I win the wolves I don't know who the guy is but now I've been in person is you know he's got a special Faith but so uh so when he said well what happened you know he got lost you're supposed to be in the base of English he said well I tell you the truth you know there's a group of people that lies a bunch of lies and said that we want to rebel against you you sing the bettering Dash we offer core but not you know for the for the Peace of society you know and your kingdom should be you know upheld and and you want to destroy us does that make any sense so Alexander the Great said what's going on who what what they said them those cutting over there who are trying to run off okay when they realize what's going on and they were there's a whole story over there Mike thanks I'm the great told them do the same as you want and there's a whole nice house we got rid of them they had the nasty death said they should have this nasty desk anyway there's a whole interesting story now right again he went out and his big day couldn't no not one knife what one Arrow nothing the whole thing was dissolved and that was in his door because he kept the whole generation of Mama there whatever and the majority of the generation were holding there and they were learning they were doubling and Kim Smith then everything he needed to do and therefore even this they avoided a terrible War nothing gone right unbelievable however when she was telling passed away and the Greeks influence was getting stronger and stronger and they were influenced and they were asking questions and how we're going to survive what's going to be right I know the miracle stops the base of English because it was a sign of where the Jewish people were holding yeah spiritually and Technology soccer had to say to them look he had to talk to him he was like businessman and say they said look you know we want to serve Hashem and we believe in Hashem and it's all nice and everything else but you know money and how we're gonna we're gonna gain out of it right we're not gonna gain he had to keep them strong and he said don't try and get that out of your head don't try and do it because you're going to gain out of it right because they're influence a person who thinks there had to have a warm eye in the game I want to gain out of this right I'm gonna do it for what and it's like game why should I do it so he was trying to jump into them we really went down below already in Teva but at least you're trying to save them you know you're still killing trumpet sword out you covered Hashem even if this world you won't necessarily gain there's the next World with me that's what was going to say so I just wanted to read over here one second um yeah so so that was happened that was going on right so that was the two the two the two periods of Sadiq and integnos ish Soho right why he said well he said well he said and the the when we say evid when we say Everett this will just finish off now this is I think this is the Iverson he explains there are there are two types of efforts we know the Torah right there's an effort when a person was bought he was never a slave and then never had reason he had to sell himself as a slave and then there are an average of the Elizabeth they're born into slavery right this person was born into slavery he doesn't know anything apart from that so he says um the first type of effort is not a happy bunny why because he was a free man he knows what it means to be free and he just wants to run off he hasn't got a choice but he's depressed his whole life you understand however the ones Born Into Slavery that's what it is his father you know serves the master and that's a big Covenant to serve the master they don't know anything that's what they want that make that these neck the opposite exact same job gives him happiness and sip book they feel fulfilled because you know that's that's what life is they don't know anything different you miss me there's a two types I've heard them so he says um uh this is whatever the medic says was trying to say to them foreign off why he's happy like that so he says there's the adverts um that was that was two times to finish off and explains however because the Greeks in their times like we said the beginning right this philosophy and everything's natural and scientific Etc influence the Jewish people to such an extent that um they started making how we're going to gain what's going to be to understand it wasn't ready you understand and and and and and until had to explain over here that you should be happy to do this you should be happy to do Hashem even if you're not going to get anything out of it forget how am I going to manage what's going to be this that covered money power forget it yeah but you have a team I mean I'm not sure there is he was trying desperately to influence him was that was that was obvious I mean he was he was just he was just getting them to to stay on that level he repeat them yeah keep going keep going keep going and then that was a big time it was a big change so you see from here what is it we're taking a third missionary yeah I mean the devil of of the Jewish people dropped drastically and therefore the message of the generation had to change accordingly okay