Ein Yaakov 017a – Pesachim 49 – Am HaAretz – Income – Chananiah, Mishael, Azaria – Kiddush HaShem

Ein Yaakov 017a – Pesachim 49 – An Am HaAretz – Person Lacking in Torah – Should Not Eat Meat – What Income Has No Blessing – L’Shem Yichud – Chananiah, Mishael, Azaria – Kiddush Hashem – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Recorded on 1970-12-30).
00:00 – An Am HaAretz should not eat meat. Distancing oneself from an Am HaAretz.
05:50 – Why the wife of an Am HaAretz hates a talmud chakham – Torah scholar – even more than her husband does.
09:25 – The “simple” light in Olam Haba – the Future World. Even if a person doesn’t understand the Torah they’ve studied in this world, they will understand in the next.
11:32 – Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi explains that those who seem lowly in this world may be very great in Olam HaBa. The greatness of anyone who dies al kiddush Hashem – for the sake of HaShem’s Name.
17:14 – בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה יְהֹוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד – “On that day, Hashem will be One and His Name will be One” (Tefilah “Aleinu”).
20:41 – The difference between a mitzvah done purely for the sake of HaShem‘s honor vs. one that’s done for personal gain. L’shem Yichud: לשם יחוד קודשא בריך הוא ושכינתיה – “For the sake of the unification between the Holy Blessed One and His Divine Presence [in the physical world]”…
23:46 – אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֖מִים בִּֽימִינָ֑הּ בִּ֜שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּ ע֣שֶׁר וְכָבֽוֹד – “Length of days is in its [the Torah’s] right hand; in its left hand are riches and honor” (Mishlei 3:16).
25:08 – Income that has no blessing – two examples. Four occupations that should not be repaid with wages. Exceptions to the rule.
32:22 – A community in Eretz Yisrael had the custom not to travel to market on Erev Shabbat. Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai rules that the customs of one’s ancestors should be upheld even if it becomes difficult to do so.
34:30 – Chananiah, Mishael and Azariah choose to be thrown into a pit of fire even though they were not obligated to allow themselves to be killed. Why? During the plagues, the frogs jumped into the Egyptians’ ovens, sacrificing their lives for the sake of Heaven.

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel.