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Rabbi Joseph Dana

Torah Lecture

Mishnah Avot 6-11

Lectured by Rabbi Joseph Dana

Published
July 5, 2025
Duration
1:28
Lecture code
RJD-MAVOT-6-11

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In the last Mishnah, we mentioned the five acquisitions of Hashem, the five things that are super precious to Hashem, and they have a special purpose in this world and are part of the overarching goal of Bnei Adam (children of Adam). But we have to know that not only those five things were created by Hashem, but everything in the world as well was created for that bigger purpose. We'll teach that lesson in this Mishnah. The Mishnah says, “Everything that Hashem created, He created for His honor.”

Shene'emar (as it is said): kol hanikra bishmi velichvodi berativ yetzartiv af asitiv. We say in Yeshayahu, “everything who is called by my name”; that means everything that Hashem created is created for His glory. He fashioned everything, created everything after His glory. Af asitiv, and even perfected everything for His glory. Ve'omer: Adonai yimloch le'olam va'ed. It says, Hashem is going to reign forever.

So we say everything in the world was created with an overarching goal of promoting Hashem, promoting the way of life to live. And when a person starts to live his life, noticing that Hashem is in charge, Hashem is everything that he has at his expense, is for Hashem, then a person will start to live a better, happier life with the derech (way) of Hashem, and it will lead to his own inner shelemut, his own inner perfection.