We're seeing here that all excess is going to be a problem. Apart from what the Mishnah [unclear] about his properties, he always has his possessions on his mind. In order to get their husband's attention.
Marbeh Torah, marbeh chaim, the more Torah a person has, the more life he possesses. He constantly has more talmidim (students) around him. Kanah shem tov, kanah l'atzmo, a person acquired a good reputation; he acquired it for himself. Somebody acquired Torah; he learned Torah on a very high level, and he constantly gets orech yamecha (the length of your days), which represents olam haba (the world to come). A person will receive olam haba for his Torah.
The more meat a person consumes, the more food there will be for the maggots. Will list. Marbeh nashim, marbeh keshafim: the more wives, the more witchcraft. He'll have immorality, and he's responsible for those sins. Marbeh yeshiva, marbeh chochmah: the more students, the more wisdom.
A poor man understands and appreciates rich people who take care of him and support him. It's not really because of him internally, because of who he is, and that money could go as quickly as it came. Worms, when a person passes away. But in reality, a person who's rich is constantly worried about preserving his wealth and taking... The more servants, the more stealing.
The pasuk (verse) tells us, ki hu chayecha ve'orech yamecha, it's your life and the length of your days. And keep him sharp. That's all it really will stand for, and the Gemara tells us that worms on a body are very [unclear].
Wives, they're all going to vie for his attention, and they'll even resort to means of witchcraft; it's going to technically be on him. They'll keep him with a tremendous amount of wisdom, and there'll be shalom ba'olam (peace in the world) because the rich are taking care of the poor. Longer.
But in reality, what the Mishnah is telling us is no: it'll only be more food for the Marbeh nechasim, marbeh de'aga, the more wealth a person has, the more worry a person may... Witchcraft is asur (forbidden), according to the Torah, and when a person has multiple wives, even...
The whole purpose of existence is Torah. Therefore, when a person does it, he's actually in these types of physical pleasures: it'll strengthen my body; it'll be positive, good. So therefore, it brings on more anxiety and more worry. The more immorality. The physical pleasures that we mentioned before are only leading a person into a negative.
The people who are wise are always going to ask other people for their opinion, to give a different perspective or another understanding of how things should be, much more than they could have done on their own. He's looking for advice, he's giving charity, he's giving tzedakah, charity, so when he does that, they treat him nicely, but that's only because of the money that he has.
Not only does learning Torah, like we said, help a person in this world, but it helps them, of course, in the world to come as well. For a person who's pursuing wealth, you may think people treat him honorably and they... But a good name because of wisdom, because of actions, that stays with a person much...
So it tells us that Torah helps you not only in this world, which is chayecha, but also... Think that the wealthier he is, the less worry he has, because he doesn't have to worry about paying his bills, about making ends meet, and therefore people who are rich must...
Though it's permitted by the Torah, it's discouraged, because a person who has multiple... These people are under his jurisdiction, so when they do these things wrong, a Torah scholar should have many people around him who are going to keep asking him questions, so that when people give charity, they're going to create peace between one and the other, and there'll be shalom ba'olam because the rich are taking care of the poor.
A person may think that, you know what, if I take care of myself, I eat, I drink, I engage... About paying his bills, about making ends meet, and therefore people who are rich must... And they also stole, so the more servants a person has, the more theft and the more way. But the more Torah a person studies, the longer his life is going to be, like the...
He's really acquiring a good name for himself, as opposed to wealth. We know that the pasuk that we mentioned has multiple things being mentioned. Worms are painful to the neshama (soul), like a needle onto a live body. Be kidnapped.
Kena'ani (Canaanite), a maidservant and a manservant, were known to have an immoral relationship constantly, living. Marbeh tzedakah, marbeh shalom, the more charity, the more peace. As it came, and therefore he won't have that reputation anymore once the money's gone.
That we have the number one, chayecha, and then orech yamecha, your life and length of... So therefore, a person shouldn't overeat; he shouldn't engage too much in physical pleasures. Maybe they're going to get stolen, maybe he's going to be attacked, maybe he's going to...
Marbeh shefachot, marbeh zimah (More maidservants, more immorality), marbeh avadim, marbeh gezel (More servants, more theft), the more maids a person has, well. Marbeh etzah, marbeh tevunah, the more advice, the more understanding a person has.
A person who studies and is involved in Torah, and he's doing everything we said above. Engaged in Torah study, he acquires the next world for him. Learning...