Ein Yaakov – Lesson 174b – Avos DeRav Nasan 28 – Para. 7 – Wisdom and Beauty of Eretz Yisrael – The Greatest Blessing Is Peace – Limud Torah with Derech Eretz – Torah Study Combined with Earning a Living – Who Is a True Friend?

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Ein Yaakov – Lesson 174b – Avos DeRav Nasan 28 – Wisdom and Beauty of Eretz Yisrael – The Greatest Blessing Is Peace – Limud Torah with Derech Eretz – Torah Study Combined with Earning a Living – Who Is a True Friend? Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal.
00:00 – “There is no wisdom like that of Eretz Yisrael.”
13:55 – “The greatest blessing possible is peace.” Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel would say: Anyone who brings peace into his own home is regarded by the Torah as if he had brought peace to everyone in Israel.
18:12 – The importance of Torah study and its eternal blessings. Limud Torah requires effort.
21:17 – Reading secular books requires no effort but the result is worthless.
28:54 – The passing of Rabbi Yehudah HaNassi.
29:49 – Combining Limud Torah with Derech Eretz. Supporting one’s Torah study through earning a living. Balancing time for parnassa and for Limud Torah.
36:39 – Expanding one’s business ventures beyond one’s own city can endanger business interests.
42:06 – Who is a true friend? One who gives mussar – honest and productive rebuke – and never flatters.