Ben Hei Hei says, as we explained in the last Mishnah, that means he was a convert, the son of Abraham and Sarah. The letter heh indicates the heh that was added to both the names of Abraham and Sarah. He taught, “According to the effort is the reward.” If you put in a lot of pain and suffering, blood, sweat, and tears, when it comes to studying Torah and also doing mitzvot (commandments), the greater the reward is going to be. In addition to that, when a person puts effort into learning, he really puts his all into it. It’s something that doesn’t come easy to him. He’s never going to forget. He’s going to remember it forever. And that’s the idea of Ben Hei Hei.
Torah Lecture
Mishnah Avot 5-23
Lectured by Rabbi Joseph Dana
- Lecture code
- RJD-MAVOT-5-23
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