## Bartenura on Pirkei Avot Chapter 2

###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:1:1)

**רַבִּי אוֹמֵר.** שֶׁיָּבֹר. שֶׁיִּבְרֹר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Rabbi [Yehuda haNasi] said, "...*sheyivor*":** [is the same as] *sheyivror* (that he should choose).


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:1:2)

**כָּל שֶׁהִיא תִפְאֶרֶת לְעוֹשֶׂיהָ וְתִפְאֶרֶת לוֹ מִן הָאָדָם.** שֶׁיְּהֵא נוֹחַ לוֹ, וְיִהְיוּ נוֹחִין בְּנֵי אָדָם מִמֶּנּוּ. וְזֶה יִהְיֶה, כְּשֶׁיֵּלֵךְ בְּכָל הַמִּדּוֹת בַּדֶּרֶךְ הָאֶמְצָעִי וְלֹא יִטֶּה לְאֶחָד מִשְּׁנֵי הַקְּצָווֹת. שֶׁאִם הוּא כִּילַי בְּיוֹתֵר, יֵשׁ תִּפְאֶרֶת לוֹ, שֶׁאוֹסֵף מָמוֹן הַרְבֵּה, אֲבָל אֵין בְּנֵי אָדָם מְפָאֲרִין אוֹתוֹ בְּמִדָּה זוֹ. וְאִם הוּא מְפַזֵּר יוֹתֵר מִן הָרָאוּי, בְּנֵי אָדָם הַמְקַבְּלִים מִמֶּנּוּ מְפָאֲרִים אוֹתוֹ, אֲבָל אֵינוֹ תִפְאֶרֶת לְעוֹשֶׂיהָ וְאֵינוֹ נוֹחַ לוֹ, שֶׁהוּא בָּא לִידֵי עֲנִיּוּת בִּשְׁבִיל כָּךְ. אֲבָל מִדַּת הַנְּדִיבוּת שֶׁהִיא אֶמְצָעִית בֵּין הַכִּילוּת וְהַפִּזּוּר, הִיא תִּפְאֶרֶת לְעוֹשֶׂיהָ, שֶׁשּׁוֹמֵר אֶת מָמוֹנוֹ וְאֵינוֹ מְפַזֵּר יוֹתֵר מִן הָרָאוּי. וְתִפְאֶרֶת לוֹ מִן הָאָדָם, שֶׁבְּנֵי אָדָם מְפָאֲרִים אוֹתוֹ, שֶׁנּוֹתֵן כְּמוֹ שֶׁרָאוּי לוֹ לִתֵּן. וְכֵן הַדִּין בְּכָל שְׁאָר הַמִּדּוֹת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Which is the right path that a person should choose for himself? Whichever [path] that is [itself] praiseworthy for the person adopting [it]":** that it should be pleasant for him and pleasant to people from him. And this will be when he walks in the middle path in all of this character traits and not veer to one of the two extremes. For if he is very stingy, it is praiseworthy for him, as he gathers much money together, but people do not praise him for this trait. And if he throws [money] around beyond what is fitting, the people that receive it from him praise him, but it is not praiseworthy for [him] and it is not pleasant for him, as he will come to poverty because of it. But rather, the trait of generosity - which is the middle [trait] between stinginess and throwing [money] around - is praiseworthy for him, as he keeps his money and does not throw it around more than is fitting; and it is praiseworthy for others from [such] a man; as people praise him, that he gives as is fitting for him to give. And so is the case with all of the other traits.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:3
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:1:3)

**שֶׁאֵין אַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ מַתַּן שְׂכָרָן שֶׁל מִצְוֹת.** לֹא נִתְפָּרֵשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה שְׂכַר הַמְקַיֵּם מִצְוֹת עֲשֵׂה, וְלֹא עֹנֶשׁ הַמְבַטֵּל מֵעֲשׂוֹתָן. דְּאִלּוּ עָנְשָׁן שֶׁל מִצְוֹת לֹא תַּעֲשֶׂה מְפֹרָשִׁין הֵן, סְקִילָה, שְׂרֵפָה, הֶרֶג, וְחֶנֶק, כָּרֵת, וּמִיתָה בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם, וּמַלְקוֹת. הָעֹנֶשׁ הַקַּל לַעֲבֵרָה קַלָּה וְהֶחָמוּר לַחֲמוּרָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"for you do not know the reward given [for the fulfillment] of [the respective] commandments":** The reward of one who performs a positive commandment and the punishment of one who refrains from doing them is not explained in the Torah. As if it were [referring to] the punishment of negative commandments, they are explicit in the Torah: stoning, burning, killing (decapitation), strangulation, being cut off and death by the hand of the Heavens and lashes. The lightest punishment is for lightest sin, and the weightiest one is for the weightiest.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:4
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:1:4)

**וֶהֱוֵי מְחַשֵּׁב הֶפְסֵד מִצְוָה.** מַה שֶּׁאַתָּה מַפְסִיד מִסְּחוֹרָתְךָ וּמָמוֹנְךָ מִפְּנֵי עֵסֶק הַמִּצְוָה, כְּנֶגֶד הַשָּׂכָר שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה לְךָ מִמֶּנָּהּ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה אוֹ בָּעוֹלָם הַבָּא, שֶׁיִּהְיֶה יוֹתֵר מֵאוֹתוֹ הֶפְסֵד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Also, weigh the loss [that may be sustained through the fulfillment] of a commandment":** that which you lose from your merchandise and your money because of the involvement in the commandment in contrast with the reward that will accrue to you from it in this world or the world to come, which will be more than that loss.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:5
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:1:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:1:5)

**וּשְׂכַר עֲבֵרָה.** הֲנָאָה שֶׁאַתָּה נֶהֱנֶה בָּעֲבֵרָה, כְּנֶגֶד הֶפְסֵד שֶׁעָתִיד לָבֹא לְךָ מִמֶּנָּהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"and [weigh] the gain [that may be obtained through the committing] of a transgression":** the benefit that you gain from a transgression in contrast with the loss that will come to you in the future from it.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:2:1)

**דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ.** מְלָאכָה אוֹ סְחוֹרָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Worldly occupation (*derekh erets*, literally the way of the world)":** A craft or business.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:2:2)

**שֶׁיְּגִיעַת שְׁנֵיהֶם מְשַׁכַּחַת עָוֹן.** שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה מַתֶּשֶׁת כֹּחוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם, וְהַמְּלָאכָה מְפָרֶכֶת וּמְשַׁבֶּרֶת אֶת הַגּוּף, וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ יֵצֶר הָרַע בָּטֵל מִמֶּנּוּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"For the exertion [expended] in both of them causes sin to be forgotten":** As Torah [study] dulls the strength of a man and work pulls apart and breaks the body, and as a result of this the evil impulse is rendered idle for him.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:3
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:2:3)

**וְכָל תּוֹרָה שֶׁאֵין עִמָּהּ מְלָאכָה.** וְאִם תֹּאמַר יְהֵא עָמֵל בַּתּוֹרָה תָּמִיד וִיגִיעָתָהּ תְּהֵא מְשַׁכַּחַת עָוֹן, וּמַה צֹּרֶךְ לַמְּלָאכָה, לְכָךְ הֻזְקַק לוֹמַר וְכָל תּוֹרָה שֶׁאֵין עִמָּהּ מְלָאכָה סוֹפָהּ בְּטֵלָה, לְפִי שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹ בְּלֹא מְזוֹנוֹת, וּמְלַסְטֵם אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת וּמְשַׁכֵּחַ תַּלְמוּדוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"And all [study of the] Torah in the absence of a worldly occupation":** And if one might ask, let him work in Torah [study] and its exertion will cause sin to be forgotten, therefore it is required to say, "all [study of the] Torah in the absence of a worldly occupation comes to nothing in the end." As it is impossible for him without food, and [so] he will rob the creatures and forget his study.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:4
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:2:4)

**יִהְיוּ עוֹסְקִין עִמָּהֶם לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם.** וְלֹא כְּדֵי לִטֹּל עֲטָרָה לוֹמַר כָּךְ וְכָךְ עָשִׂיתִי בִּשְׁבִיל הַצִּבּוּר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"let them work for the [sake of the] name of Heaven":** and not in order to take a crown [for themselves], to say, "I did such and such for the community."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:5
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:2:5)

**שֶׁזְּכוּת אֲבוֹתָם מְסַיַּעְתָּן.** שֶׁזְּכוּת אֲבוֹתָן שֶׁל צִבּוּר וְצִדְקָתָן הָעוֹמֶדֶת לָעַד הִיא הַמְסַיַּעַת אֶל הָעוֹסְקִין עִמָּהֶן לְהוֹצִיא לָאוֹר צִדְקָן, וְלֹא מִצַּד טוּב הִשְׁתַּדְּלוּתָן שֶׁל הָעוֹסְקִים:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"for the merit of their ancestors sustains them":** For the merit and righteousness (*tsidkatan*) of the ancestors of the community - which stands forever - sustains those that work with them, to bring their righteousness to the fore. And it is not from the angle of the efforts of those that work [for the community].


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:6
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:2:6)

**וְאַתֶּם מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם שָׂכָר.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין הַדָּבָר בָּא לִידֵי גְמַר טוֹב מִצַּד מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל זְכוּת אֲבוֹתָם שֶׁל צִבּוּר, מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם שָׂכָר כְּאִלּוּ אַתֶּם עֲשִׂיתֶם הַיְשׁוּעָה הַזֹּאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, הוֹאִיל וְאַתֶּם עוֹסְקִים לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם. פֵּרוּשׁ אַחֵר, כָּל הָעוֹסְקִים עִם הַצִּבּוּר לְהַכְרִיחַ וְלָכוֹף אֶת הַצִּבּוּר לִדְבַר מִצְוָה לִצְדָקָה אוֹ לְפִדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִים, יִהְיוּ עוֹסְקִים עִמָּהֶם לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, שֶׁזְּכוּת אָבוֹת שֶׁל צִבּוּר מְסַיַּעְתָּן לָתֵת מַה שֶּׁפָּסְקוּ עֲלֵיהֶם וַאֲפִלּוּ מָמוֹן הַרְבֵּה, וְהַצְּדָקָה שֶׁיַּעֲשׂוּ תַּעֲמֹד לָהֶם לָעַד. וְאַתֶּם הַמִּתְעַסְּקִים לָכוֹף אֶת הַצִּבּוּר לְמִצְוָה זוֹ, מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם שָׂכָר כְּאִלּוּ עֲשִׂיתֶם זֹאת הַמִּצְוָה מִמָּמוֹנְכֶם מַמָּשׁ. וְרַמְבַּ"ם פֵּרֵשׁ, וְאַתֶּם מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם שָׂכָר כְּאִלּוּ עֲשִׂיתֶם, אִם בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאַתֶּם עוֹסְקִים עִם הַצִּבּוּר נִתְבַּטַּלְתֶּם מֵעֲשִׂיַּת אֵיזוֹ מִצְוָה בִּשְׁבִיל עִסְקֵי הַצִּבּוּר, מַעֲלֶה אֲנִי עֲלֵיכֶם שָׂכָר כְּאִלּוּ עֲשִׂיתֶם אוֹתָהּ מִצְוָה שֶׁנִּתְבַּטַּלְתֶּם מִמֶּנָּהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"And as for you [who work for the community], [God says:] I credit you with a reward":** Even though the thing does not come to a good end from the angle of your deeds but rather because of the merit of the ancestors of the community, "I credit you with a reward" as if you had accomplished this salvation in Israel, as a result of your doing it for the sake of Heaven. A different explanation: All who are involved with the community to force and coerce the community for the matter of a commandment - for charity or the ransom of captives - let them do it for the sake of Heaven. As the merit of the ancestors of the community will sustain them to give that which they have assigned them, and even if it is much money, and [the merit of] the charity (*tsedekah*) will endure for them forever. And for you that are involved with them to coerce the community to [do] this commandment, I credit you the reward as if you actually done this commandment with your own money. And Rambam explained, "And as for you [who work for the community], [God says:] I credit you with a reward... as if you had done it" - If at the time that they were involved with the community, they were prevented from the fulfillment of a commandment on account of community matters, I credit you reward as if you had done that commandment from which you were prevented.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:3:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:3:1)

**הֱווּ זְהִירִים בָּרָשׁוּת.** אַתֶּם הַמִּתְעַסְּקִים בְּצָרְכֵי צִבּוּר, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאַתֶּם צְרִיכִים לְהִתְוַדֵּעַ לָרָשׁוּת כְּדֵי לְפַקֵּחַ עַל עִסְקֵי רַבִּים, הֱווּ זְהִירִים וְכוּ':

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Be careful about the government":** You, who are involved with the needs of the community: even though you need to be acquainted with the authorities in order to supervise communal matters, "be careful, etc."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:4:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:4:1)

**עֲשֵׂה רְצוֹנוֹ כִרְצוֹנְךָ.** פַּזֵּר מָמוֹנְךָ בְּחֶפְצֵי שָׁמַיִם, כִּרְצוֹנְךָ, כְּאִלּוּ פִּזַּרְתָּ אוֹתָם בַּחֲפָצֶיךָ. שֶׁאִם עָשִׂיתָ כֵן יַעֲשֶׂה רְצוֹנְךָ כִּרְצוֹנוֹ, כְּלוֹמַר יִתֵּן לְךָ טוֹבָה בְּעַיִן יָפָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Make His [God's] will like your will":** Spread your money on 'things of Heaven' "like your will," [meaning] as if you were spreading them for your [own] things. As if you will do this, "He will make His will like your will," meaning to say that He will give you the good with 'a generous eye.'


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:4:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:4:2)

**כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּבַטֵּל רְצוֹן אֲחֵרִים.** יָפֵר עֲצַת כָּל הַקָּמִים עָלֶיךָ לְרָעָה. וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי, שֶׁאֵין זֶה אֶלָּא דֶּרֶךְ כָּבוֹד כְּלַפֵּי מַעֲלָה, וַהֲרֵי הוּא כְּאִלּוּ כָּתוּב כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּבַטֵּל רְצוֹנוֹ מִפְּנֵי רְצוֹנְךָ. כְּאוֹתָהּ שֶׁאָמְרוּ בְּפֶרֶק בַּמֶּה אִשָּׁה (שבת סג.) כָּל הָעוֹשֶׂה מִצְוָה כְּתִקְנָהּ אֲפִלּוּ גְּזַר דִּין שֶׁל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה מִתְבַּטֵּל מֵעָלָיו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"so that He will nullify the will of others":** He will undo the counsel of all those that come towards you to [do you] bad. And I have heard that this is only a respectful euphemism towards the Higher One. And behold, it is as if it was written, "so that He nullify His will to your will; like that which they said in the chapter [entitled] Bemeh Eesha (Shabbat 63a), "Anyone who does a commandment as it is established (properly), even a decree of seventy years is nullified before him."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:4:3
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**אַל תִּפְרֹשׁ מִן הַצִּבּוּר.** אֶלָּא הִשְׁתַּתֵּף בְּצָרָתָם. שֶׁכָּל הַפּוֹרֵשׁ מִן הַצִּבּוּר אֵינוֹ רוֹאֶה בְּנֶחָמַת הַצִּבּוּר (תענית יא.):

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Do not separate yourself from the congregation":** but rather share in their troubles. As anyone who separates from the congregation will not [live to] see the consolation of the congregation (Taanit 11a).


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:4:4
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**וְאַל תַּאֲמִין בְּעַצְמְךָ עַד יוֹם מוֹתְךָ.** שֶׁהֲרֵי יוֹחָנָן כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל שִׁמֵּשׁ בִּכְהֻנָּה גְּדוֹלָה שְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה וּלְבַסּוֹף נַעֲשָׂה צְדוֹקִי (ברכות כט.):

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Do not believe in yourself until the day of your death":** As behold, Yochanan the High Priest served in the high priesthood eighty years and in the end he became a Sadducee (Berakhot 29a).


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:4:5
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**וְאַל תָּדִין אֶת חֲבֵרְךָ עַד שֶׁתַּגִּיעַ לִמְקוֹמוֹ.** אִם רָאִיתָ חֲבֵרְךָ שֶׁבָּא לִידֵי נִסָּיוֹן וְנִכְשַׁל, אַל תְּדִינֵהוּ לְחוֹבָה עַד שֶׁתַּגִּיעַ לִידֵי נִסָּיוֹן כְּמוֹתוֹ וְתִנָּצֵל:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Do not judge your fellow until you come to his place":** If you see your fellow come to a test and fail, do not judge him unfavorably until a test like it comes to you and you overcome [it].


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:4:6
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**וְאַל תֹּאמַר דָּבָר שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לִשְׁמֹעַ וְסוֹפוֹ לְהִשָּׁמֵעַ.** כְּלוֹמַר, לֹא יִהְיוּ דְּבָרֶיךָ מְסֻפָּקִים שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהָבִינָם בִּתְחִלָּה וּבְעִיּוּן רִאשׁוֹן, וְתִסְמֹךְ שֶׁאִם יַעֲמִיק הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ בָּהֶם לְבַסּוֹף יְבִינֵם. כִּי זֶה יָבִיא בְּנֵי אָדָם לִטְעוֹת בִּדְבָרֶיךָ, שֶׁמָּא יִטְעוּ וְיֵצְאוּ לְמִינוּת עַל יָדְךָ. פֵּרוּשׁ אַחֵר, לֹא תְּגַלֶּה סוֹדְךָ אֲפִלּוּ בֵּינְךָ לְבֵין עַצְמְךָ וְתֹאמַר שֶׁאֵין כָּאן מִי שֶׁיִּשְׁמָעֲךָ, לְפִי שֶׁסּוֹפוֹ לְהִשָּׁמַע, כִּי עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יוֹלִיךְ אֶת הַקּוֹל. וְהַגִּרְסָא הִיא לְפִי פֵּרוּשׁ זֶה, שֶׁסּוֹפוֹ לְהִשָּׁמַע. אֲבָל רַשִׁ"י גּוֹרֵס, וְאַל תֹּאמַר דָּבָר שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לִשְׁמֹעַ שֶׁסּוֹפוֹ לְהִשָּׁמַע. וּבְדִבְרֵי תּוֹרָה מְדַבֵּר, אַל תֹּאמַר עַל דְּבַר תּוֹרָה שֶׁאַתָּה יָכוֹל לִשְׁמֹעַ עַכְשָׁיו שֶׁתִּשְׁמַע אוֹתוֹ לְבַסּוֹף, אֶלָּא הַט אָזְנֶיךָ וּשְׁמַע מִיָּד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Do not say something that cannot be heard, for in the end it will be heard":** That is to say, do not let your words be unclear, such that it is impossible to understand them immediately and at first perusal; and [do not] rely on that if the listener wants to look into them, in the end, he will understand them. As this will bring people to err from your words, lest they err and come to heresy because of you. Another explanation: Do not reveal your secret, even [saying it aloud] only to yourself, as in the end it will be heard, "since the birds of the sky make the voice travel." And the [correct] textual variant according to this explanation is, "for in the end it will be heard." But Rashi had the variant, "Do not say, 'something that can be heard, in the end it will be heard.'" And [according to this,] it is speaking about the words of Torah: Do not say about a Torah teaching that you can hear now, that you will hear it in the end (later), but rather extend your ears and hear it immediately.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:4:7
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**לִכְשֶׁאִפָּנֶה.** מֵעֲסָקַי, אֶעֱסֹק בַּתּוֹרָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"'When I will be available'":** from my business, I will involve [myself] in Torah [study].


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:5:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:5:1)

**בּוּר.** רֵיק מִכָּל דָּבָר, וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּטִיב מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן אֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ. וְהוּא גָּרוּעַ מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ. תַּרְגּוּם וְהָאֲדָמָה לֹא תֵשָׁם (בראשית מז), וְאַרְעָא לֹא תְּבוּר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"A boor (*bur*)":** is empty of everything, and does not even know the nature of buying and selling; and he is worse than an ignorant person. The [Aramaic] translation of (Genesis 47:19) "and the land will not become destroyed" is *vearaa la tevur*.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:5:2
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**וְלֹא עַם הָאָרֶץ חָסִיד.** אֲבָל יְרֵא חֵטְא אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיִּהְיֶה, שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּא בָּקִי בְּטִיב מַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"An ignorant person cannot be pious":** But it is possible for him to fear sin, as behold, he is an expert in the nature of buying and selling.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:5:3
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**וְלֹא הַבַּיְשָׁן לָמֵד.** שֶׁהַמִּתְבַּיֵּשׁ לִשְׁאֹל שֶׁמָּא יַלְעִיגוּ עָלָיו, יִשָּׁאֵר תָּמִיד בִּסְפֵקוֹתָיו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"A person prone to being ashamed cannot learn":** Since one who is embarrassed to ask, lest they will make fun of him, will always remain with his questions.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:5:4
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**וְלֹא הַקַּפְּדָן.** הָרַב שֶׁמַּקְפִּיד עַל הַתַּלְמִידִים כְּשֶׁשּׁוֹאֲלִים אוֹתוֹ, לֹא יְלַמֵּד כָּרָאוּי. אֶלָּא צָרִיךְ שֶׁיַּסְבִּיר פָּנִים בַּהֲלָכָה לְתַלְמִידָיו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"An impatient (exacting) person":** A teacher who is impatient with his students when they ask him [questions] cannot teach properly; but rather he needs to cheerfully explain the Halakha (law) to his students.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:5:5
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**וְלֹא כָל הַמַּרְבֶּה בִסְחוֹרָה מַחְכִּים.** דִּכְתִיב (דברים ל) וְלֹא מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם הִיא, אֵין הַתּוֹרָה מְצוּיָה בְּאוֹתָם שֶׁהוֹלְכִים מֵעֵבֶר לַיָּם (ערובין נה.):

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Not all who engage in a lot of business become wise":** As it is written (Deuteronomy 30:13), "And it is not across the sea" - the Torah is not found among those that travel across the sea (Eruvin 55a).


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:5:6
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**וּבְמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים.** לֵישֵׁב בָּרֹאשׁ וּלְהוֹרוֹת הוֹרָאוֹת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"In a place where there is no man":** to sit at the head and to issue decisions.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:6:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:6:1)

**עַל דַּאֲטֵפְתְּ אַטְפוּךְ.** רָשָׁע הָיִיתָ וּמְלַסְטֵם אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת וּמְצִיפָן בַּנָּהָר, וּבְאוֹתָהּ מִדָּה מָדְדוּ לְךָ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Since you drowned [others, others] drowned you":** You were an evildoer and you robbed the creatures and drowned them in the river. And with that same measure (treatment), you were measured (treated).


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:6:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:6:2)

**וְסוֹף מְטִיפַיִךְ יְטוּפוּן.** שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה הַדָּבָר מָסוּר בְּיָדָן לְהָרְגְךָ, אֶלָּא לְבֵית דִּין, וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְסָרְךָ בְּיָדָן, שֶׁמְּגַלְגְּלִים חוֹבָה עַל יְדֵי חַיָּב, וְעָתִיד הוּא אַחַר כָּךְ לִתְבֹּעַ מֵהֶן מִיתָתְךָ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"And in the end, those that drowned you will be drowned":** As the matter was not given to their hands to kill you, but rather to the court. And the Holy One, blessed be He, give you over to their hands, 'as guilt is passed on to the guilty,' and [so] He will afterwards require [the punishment for] your death from them.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:7:1)

**מַרְבֶּה בָשָׂר מַרְבֶּה רִמָּה.** הַמַּרְבֶּה בַּאֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה עַד שֶׁנַּעֲשֶׂה שָׁמֵן וּבַעַל בָּשָׂר, מַרְבֶּה עָלָיו רִמָּה בַּקֶּבֶר, וְקָשָׁה רִמָּה לַמֵּת כְּמַחַט בִּבְשַׂר הַחַי. וְקָמַשְׁמַע לַן הַאי תַּנָּא, שֶׁכָּל רִבּוּיִין קָשִׁים לָאָדָם חוּץ מֵרִבּוּי תּוֹרָה וְחָכְמָה וּצְדָקָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"The more flesh, the more worms":** One who engages in much eating and drinking to the point that he becomes fat and fleshy, increases the worms upon himself in the grave; and worms are as hard for the dead as a needle is for living flesh. And this teacher let us understand that all increase is difficult for a man except for the increase of Torah, wisdom and charity.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:7:2)

**מַרְבֶּה דְאָגָה.** שֶׁמָּא יִגְזְלוּהוּ מִבֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ אוֹ שֶׁמָּא יָבֹאוּ עָלָיו לִסְטִים וְיַהַרְגוּהוּ. וְחָסִיד אֶחָד הָיָה מִתְפַּלֵּל, הַמָּקוֹם יַצִּילֵנִי מִפִּזּוּר הַנֶּפֶשׁ. וְשָׁאֲלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ מַהוּ פִּזּוּר הַנֶּפֶשׁ, אָמַר לָהֶם שֶׁיִּהְיוּ לוֹ נְכָסִים מְרֻבִּים מְפֻזָּרִים בִּמְקוֹמוֹת הַרְבֵּה וְצָרִיךְ לְפַזֵּר נַפְשׁוֹ לַחֲשֹׁב לְכָאן וּלְכָאן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"the more worry":** Lest they rob him on behalf of the king's estate or lest bandits come upon him and kill him. And a certain pious man would pray, "May the Ominpresent save me from the spreading of the soul." And they inquired from him, "What is the spreading of the soul?" He said [back] to them that it [means] that his possessions should be numerous and spread out in many places, and [so] he would have to spread his soul to think in [this direction and that direction].


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:3
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**מַרְבֶּה נָשִׁים מַרְבֶּה כְשָׁפִים.** סִדְרָא נָקֵיט וְאָזֵיל. בִּתְחִלָּה אָדָם מְקַשֵּׁט עַצְמוֹ וְאוֹכֵל וְשׁוֹתֶה וּמַרְבֶּה בָּשָׂר, וְאַחַר כָּךְ מְבַקֵּשׁ לְהַרְבּוֹת נְכָסִים, וּלְאַחַר שֶׁהִרְבָּה נְכָסִים וְרוֹאֶה שֶׁיֵּשׁ בְּיָדוֹ סִפּוּק לְפַרְנֵס נָשִׁים רַבּוֹת הוּא מַרְבֶּה לוֹ נָשִׁים, וּלְאַחַר שֶׁהִרְבָּה נָשִׁים כָּל אַחַת צְרִיכָה שִׁפְחָה שֶׁתְּשַׁמְּשֶׁנָּהּ, הֲרֵי מַרְבֶּה שְׁפָחוֹת, וְכֵיוָן שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ בְנֵי בַּיִת מְרֻבִּין צָרִיךְ לְשָׂדוֹת וּכְרָמִים לְסַפֵּק יַיִן וּמָזוֹן לִבְנֵי בֵּיתוֹ, וּמַרְבֶּה עֲבָדִים לַעֲבֹד הַשָּׂדוֹת וְהַכְּרָמִים. לְכָךְ הֵן שְׁנוּיִין בְּסֵדֶר זֶה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"The more wives, the more witchcraft":** He went and mentioned it in order: At first, a man adorns himself and eats and drinks and engages in eating much meat; and afterwards he seeks to acquire much property; and after he has acquired much property and he sees that he has enough in his hand to support many wives, he [marries] many wives; and after he [marries] many wives, each one needs a maidservant to serve her - behold, this is "the more maidservants;" and since he has so many members of his household, he needs fields and vineyards to supply wine and food to the members of his household, and [so] acquires many slaves to work the fields and vineyards. Hence, they are learned in this order.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:4
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**מַרְבֶּה תוֹרָהּ מַרְבֶּה חַיִּים.** דִּכְתִיב (דברים ל) כִּי הִיא חַיֶּיךָ וְאֹרֶךְ יָמֶיךָ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**The more Torah, the more life":** As it is written (Deuteronomy 30:20), "for it is your life and the length of your days."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:5
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:7:5)

**מַרְבֶּה חָכְמָה.** שֶׁנּוֹתֵן טַעַם לִדְבָרָיו וְהַסְּבָרוֹת שֶׁלּוֹ מִתְיַשְּׁבוֹת עַל לֵב הַשּׁוֹמְעִין:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"the more wisdom":** As he gives reasons for his words and his reasoning sits well with the heart of the listeners.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:6
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:7:6)

**מַרְבֶּה יְשִׁיבָה.** הַרְבֵּה תַּלְמִידִים מִתְקַבְּצִים וּבָאִים לִשְׁמֹעַ סְבָרוֹתָיו. וְאִית דְּגַרְסֵי, מַרְבֶּה יְשִׁיבָה מַרְבֶּה חָכְמָה, מִי שֶׁמַּרְבֶּה בְּתַלְמִידִים, הַתַּלְמִידִים מְחַדְּדִים אוֹתוֹ וּמַרְבִּין וּמוֹסִיפִין עַל חָכְמָתוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"The more sitting [and studying]":** Many students gather and come to hear his analyses. And some have the textual variant, "the more sitting, the more wisdom" - one who [teaches] many students [has] the students sharpen him and add and increase to his wisdom.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:7
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:7:7)

**מַרְבֶּה עֵצָה.** מִי שֶׁמַּרְבֶּה לִטֹּל עֵצָה **מַרְבֶּה תְבוּנָה** מֵבִין דָּבָר מִתּוֹךְ דָּבָר מֵעֵצוֹת שֶׁיּוֹעֲצָיו נוֹתְנִים לוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"The more counsel":** One who frequently takes counsel, increases understanding - he understands one thing from another, from the counsels that his advisers have given him.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:8
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:7:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:7:8)

**מַרְבֶּה צְדָקָה מַרְבֶּה שָׁלוֹם.** שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה לב) וְהָיָה מַעֲשֵׂה הַצְּדָקָה שָׁלוֹם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"The more charity (*tsedekah*)":** as it is stated (Isaiah 32:17), "And the act of righteousness (*tsedekah*) will be peace."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:8:1)

**אַל תַּחֲזִיק טוֹבָה לְעַצְמְךָ.** לוֹמַר הַרְבֵּה תּוֹרָה לָמַדְתִּי. וּלְפִי שֶׁהוּא לֹא הִנִּיחַ לֹא מִקְרָא וְלֹא מִשְׁנָה הֲלָכָה וְאַגָּדָה שֶׁלֹּא לָמַד (סכה כח., בבא בתרא קלד.), הָיָה אוֹמֵר כֵּן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Do not credit it favorably for yourself":** to say, "I have learned much Torah." And since he did not leave a verse nor a mishnah, halakha (law) or aggada (homily) that the did not learn (Sukkah 28a, Bava Batra 134a), he said this.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:2
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**בּוֹר סוּד.** גָּרְסִינַן, וְלֹא בּוֹר סִיד. כְּלוֹמַר, כְּבוֹר טוּחַ בְּסִיד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"a pit covered in plaster (*sud*)":** is the [correct] version that we have - and not a pit of plaster (*sid*) - meaning to say, like a pit sealed with plaster.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:3
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**שֶׁאֵינוֹ מְאַבֵּד טִפָּה.** כָּךְ הוּא אֵינוֹ שׁוֹכֵחַ דָּבָר אֶחָד מִתַּלְמוּדוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"that does not lose a drop":** Thus does he not forget a [single] thing from his study.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:4
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:8:4)

**אַשְׁרֵי יוֹלַדְתּוֹ.** מְאֻשָּׁר בְּמִדּוֹת טוֹבוֹת עַד שֶׁכָּל הָעוֹלָם אוֹמְרִים עָלָיו אַשְׁרֵי מִי שֶׁיְּלָדַתּוּ. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהִיא גָּרְמָה לוֹ שֶׁיְּהֵא חָכָם, שֶׁהָיְתָה מְחַזֶּרֶת עַל כָּל בָּתֵּי מִדְרָשׁוֹת שֶׁבְּעִירָהּ וְאוֹמֶרֶת לָהֶם בְּבַקָּשָׁה מִכֶּם בַּקְּשׁוּ רַחֲמִים עַל הָעֻבָּר הַזֶּה שֶׁבְּמֵעַי שֶׁיִּהְיֶה חָכָם, וּמִיּוֹם שֶׁנּוֹלַד לֹא הוֹצִיאָה עֲרַשְׂתּוֹ מִבֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִכָּנְסוּ בְּאָזְנָיו אֶלָּא דִּבְרֵי תּוֹרָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"happy is the one who gave birth to him":** Rendered happy by good character traits is one who the whole world says about him, "happy is the one who gave birth to him." And some say, because she caused him to be a sage. For she would go out to all of the study halls in her town and say to them, "I request from you that you should seek mercy (pray) for this embryo that is in my innards, that he should be a sage." And from the day that he was born, she did not remove his crib from the study hall, so that only words of Torah would enter his ears.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:5
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:8:5)

**חָסִיד.** שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה לִפְנִים מִשּׁוּרַת הַדִּין:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"pious":** [One] who does beyond the letter of the law.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:6
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:8:6)

**יְרֵא חֵטְא.** מַחְמִיר עַל עַצְמוֹ וְאוֹסֵר עָלָיו דְּבָרִים הַמֻּתָּרִים, מִיִּרְאָתוֹ שֶׁמָּא יָבֹא לִידֵי חֵטְא. דְּאִם לֹא כֵן מַאי רְבוּתֵיהּ, אֲפִלּוּ עַם הָאָרֶץ אֶפְשָׁר לִהְיוֹת יְרֵא חֵטְא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"fears sin":** [He is] strict upon himself and forbids upon himself things that are permissible out of his fear, lest he come to do a sin. As if it is not like this, what is the novelty - even an ignorant man can be one that fears sin.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:7
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:8:7)

**מַעְיָן הַמִּתְגַּבֵּר.** לִבּוֹ רָחָב וּמוֹסִיף פִּלְפּוּל וּסְבָרוֹת מִדַּעְתּוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"an ever-strengthening fountain":** His heart (mind) is broad and he adds analysis and reasoning from his own knowledge.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:8
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:8:8)

**אַבָּא שָׁאוּל אוֹמֵר מִשְּׁמוֹ.** שֶׁל רַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Abba Shaul says in his name:** of Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:9
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:8:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:8:9)

**וְאֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲרָךְ בְּכַף שְׁנִיָּה.** מָצָאתִי כָּתוּב, דְּאַבָּא שָׁאוּל לֹא נֶחְלַק עַל תַּנָּא קַמָּא, וּשְׁנֵי הַדְּבָרִים אֲמָרָם רַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי, וּשְׁנֵיהֶם אֱמֶת, דִּלְעִנְיַן הַבְּקִיאוּת וְהַזִּכָּרוֹן הָיָה רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מַכְרִיעַ, וּלְעִנְיַן הַחֲרִיפוּת וְהַפִּלְפּוּל הָיָה רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲרָךְ מַכְרִיעַ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"and Rabbi Elazar ben Arakh were on the other side""** I have found it written that Abba Shaul is not arguing with the first teacher [in this mishnah] and Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai said both things; and both of them are true, as concerning expertise and memory Rabbi Eliezer would outweigh [them], and concerning sharpness and analysis, Rabbi Elazar ben Arakh would outweigh them.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:9:1)

**עַיִן טוֹבָה.** מִסְתַּפֵּק בְּמַה שֶּׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ וְאֵינוֹ מְבַקֵּשׁ דְּבָרִים יְתֵרִים וְאֵינוֹ מְקַנֵּא כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לַחֲבֵרָיו יוֹתֵר מִמֶּנּוּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"A good eye":** One who suffices with what he has and does not seek extraneous things - and is not envious when he sees that his fellow has more than him.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:9:2)

**חָבֵר טוֹב.** שֶׁמּוֹכִיחוֹ כְּשֶׁרוֹאֶה אוֹתוֹ עוֹשֶׂה דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ הָגוּן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"A good friend":** who rebukes him when he sees him doing something that is improper.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:3
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:9:3)

**שָׁכֵן טוֹב.** מָצוּי אֶצְלוֹ בֵּין בַּיּוֹם בֵּין בַּלַּיְלָה, וְאִלּוּ חָבֵר טוֹב אֵינוֹ מָצוּי אֶצְלוֹ בְּכָל עֵת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"A good neighbor":** who is found near him, whether by day or by night; whereas a good friend is not found near him all the time.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:4
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:9:4)

**הָרוֹאֶה אֶת הַנּוֹלָד.** צוֹפֶה וּמַבִּיט בְּמַה שֶּׁעָתִיד לִהְיוֹת, וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ נִמְצָא מְחַשֵּׁב הֶפְסֵד מִצְוָה כְּנֶגֶד שְׂכָרָהּ וּשְׂכַר עֲבֵרָה כְּנֶגֶד הֶפְסֵדָהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Seeing the consequences of one's actions":** One who looks out and sees what will be in the future. And through this, he calculates the loss [engendered by doing] a commandment versus its reward and the reward [engendered by doing] a sin versus its loss.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:5
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:9:5)

**לֵב טוֹב.** לְפִי שֶׁהַלֵּב הוּא הַמֵּנִיעַ לְכָל שְׁאָר הַכֹּחוֹת וְהוּא הַמָּקוֹר שֶׁמִּמֶּנּוּ נוֹבְעִים כָּל הַפְּעֻלּוֹת. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לַפְּעֻלּוֹת אֵבָרִים מְיֻחָדִים, מִכָּל מָקוֹם הַכֹּחַ הַמְעוֹרֵר לְכָל הַתְּנוּעוֹת הוּא בַּלֵּב, לְפִיכָךְ אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר לֵב טוֹב. וּמִפְנֵי זֶה אָמַר רַבָּן יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי רוֹאֶה אֲנִי אֶת דִּבְרֵי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲרָךְ מִדִּבְרֵיכֶם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"A good heart":** Since the heart is the generator of all the other forces and it is the source from which emanate all of the actions. And even though there are specific limbs for [different] actions, nonetheless, the place of the force that animates all of the actions is in the heart. Therefore, Rabbi Elazar ben Arakh said, "A good heart." And for this reason, Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai said, "I see the words of Rabbi Elazar ben Arakh [as better than] all of yours."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:6
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:9:6)

**אֵיזוֹ הִיא דֶּרֶךְ רָעָה שֶׁיִּתְרַחֵק מִמֶּנָּה הָאָדָם.** הֻצְרַךְ לִשְׁאֹל מֵהֶם זֶה, וְלֹא הֵבִין מִתּוֹךְ דִּבְרֵיהֶם הָרִאשׁוֹנִים שֶׁהַדֶּרֶךְ הָרָעָה הִיא הֵפֶךְ הַדֶּרֶךְ הַטּוֹבָה, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא כָּל מַה שֶּׁהוּא טוֹב יִהְיֶה הֶפְכוֹ רַע, כִּי מִדַּת הַחֲסִידוּת וְהוּא הָעוֹשֶׂה לִפְנִים מִשּׁוּרַת הַדִּין הִיא טוֹבָה, וּמִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ חָסִיד וּמַעֲמִיד דְּבָרָיו עַל דִּין תּוֹרָה אֵינוֹ רַע, וְאֶפְשָׁר הָיָה לוֹמַר, שֶׁאִם הַהִסְתַּפְּקוּת וְהִיא עַיִן טוֹבָה הִיא דֶּרֶךְ טוֹבָה, בַּקָּשַׁת הַיִּתְרוֹנוֹת אֵינוֹ דֶּרֶךְ רָעָה, לְפִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַזִּיק לְשׁוּם אָדָם בָּזֶה, וְכֵן בִּשְׁאָר הַמִּדּוֹת. לְפִיכָךְ הֻצְרַךְ לִשְׁאֹל מֵהֶם אֵיזוֹ הִיא דֶּרֶךְ רָעָה שֶׁיִּתְרַחֵק מִמֶּנָּה הָאָדָם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"what is an evil path that a person should distance himself from":** He needed to ask them this, as he did not understand from their first words that the evil path is the opposite of the good path [that they each suggested], since not with all that is good is its opposite evil. As [for example] piety - and that is going beyond the letter of the law - is good, but one who is not pious and holds his actions according to the law of the Torah is not evil. And it may have been possible to say, if sufficing - and that is a good eye - is the good path, the seeking of extraneous things is not the evil path, as he does not hurt any person with this. And so [too] with the other traits. Therefore, he had to ask them, "what is the evil path that a person should distance himself from."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:7
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:9:7)

**הַלּוֶֹה וְאֵינוֹ מְשַׁלֵּם.** הוּא הֵפֶךְ הָרוֹאֶה אֶת הַנּוֹלָד, שֶׁאִם לֹא יְשַׁלֵּם לֹא יִמְצָא מִי שֶׁיַּלְוֶנּוּ וְיִהְיֶה מֻטָּל בָּרָעָב. וְלֹא אָמַר סְתָם מִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹאֶה אֶת הַנּוֹלָד, לְפִי שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר לָאָדָם שֶׁאֵינוֹ רוֹאֶה אֶת הַנּוֹלָד שֶׁלֹּא יָבֹא לִידֵי תַּקָּלָה, שֶׁיַּצִּיל עַצְמוֹ בְּבֹא הַנּוֹלָד הַהוּא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"One who borrows but does not repay":** And this is the opposite of "seeing the consequences of one's actions;" as if he does not repay, who will [now] lend to him and he will be stuck in [his] famine. And he did not say just, "not seeing the consequences of one's actions," as it is possible for a person who does not see the consequences of his actions not to come to a mishap, as he will be able to rescue himself when that consequence comes to him.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:8
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:9:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:9:8)

**וְצַדִּיק חוֹנֵן וְנוֹתֵן.** הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁהוּא צַדִּיקוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם חוֹנֵן וְנוֹתֵן לַמַּלְוֶה מַה שֶּׁלָּוָה זֶה מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא פָּרַע לוֹ, נִמְצָא הַלּוֶֹה נִשְׁאַר חַיָּב לַמָּקוֹם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"'but the righteous one gives graciously'":** [It is] speaking about the Holy One, blessed be He, who is the righteous One of the world, Who gives graciously to the lender what this one borrowed from him and did not repay him. It comes out that the borrower is in debt to the Omnipresent.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:10:1)

**הֵם אָמְרוּ שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים.** בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ וּבְמוּסָרִים וּבְמִדּוֹת. דְּאִלּוּ בְּעִנְיַן הָאָסוּר וְהַמֻּתָּר וְהַפְּטוּר וְהַחִיּוּב דְּבָרִים הַרְבֵּה אָמְרוּ. אִי נַמִּי, אֵלּוּ הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים הֲוֵי מַרְגְּלָא בְּפוּמַיְהוּ תָּמִיד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**They said three things:** about proper comportment (*derekh erets*), ethics and character traits. As they said many things regarding the matter of what is forbidden and what is permissible, and what is exempt and what is liable. And also (another explanation is), these three things they would be accustomed to always have in their mouths.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:10:2)

**יְהִי כְבוֹד חֲבֵרְךָ חָבִיב עָלֶיךָ כְּשֶׁלָּךְ.** וְאֵימָתַי יְהֵא זֶה, כְּשֶׁלֹּא תְּהִי נוֹחַ לִכְעֹס, שֶׁאִם אַתָּה נוֹחַ לִכְעֹס אִי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁלֹּא תְּזַלְזֵל בִּכְבוֹד חֲבֵרְךָ. הֲרֵי דִּבּוּר אֶחָד. וְשׁוּב יוֹם אֶחָד לִפְנֵי מִיתָתְךָ, הֲרֵי שְׁנַיִם. וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁי, הֱוֵי מִתְחַמֵּם כְּנֶגֶד אוּרָן שֶׁל חֲכָמִים וְכוּ':

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"The honor of your friend should be as dear to you as your own":** And when is this? When you are not easy to anger. As if you are easy to anger, it is impossible that you will not degrade the honor of your friend. Behold that is one saying. "And repent one day before your death" - behold two. And the third is "warm yourself by the fire of the Sages, etc."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:3
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:10:3)

**שׁוּב יוֹם אֶחָד לִפְנֵי מִיתָתֶךָ.** וּלְפִי שֶׁאֵין אָדָם יוֹדֵעַ אֵימָתַי יָמוּת, יַעֲשֶׂה תְּשׁוּבָה הַיּוֹם שֶׁמָּא יָמוּת לְמָחָר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"repent one day before your death":** Since a person does not know when he will die, he should repent today, lest he will die tomorrow.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:4
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:10:4)

**וֶהֱוֵי זָהִיר בְּגַחַלְתָּן.** שֶׁלֹּא תִּנְהַג בָּהֶן קַלּוּת רֹאשׁ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"be cautious around their coals":** not to treat them with lightheartedness.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:5
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:10:5)

**שֶׁלֹּא תִכָּוֶה.** שֶׁלֹּא תֵּעָנֵשׁ עַל יָדָן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"that you should not be burned":** such that you not be punished through them.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:6
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:10:6)

**נְשִׁיכַת שׁוּעָל.** רְפוּאָתוֹ קָשָׁה, לְפִי שֶׁשִּׁנָּיו דַּקּוֹת עֲקֻמּוֹת וַעֲקֻשּׁוֹת וְצָרִיךְ הָרוֹפֵא לַחְתֹּךְ הַבָּשָׂר בְּאִזְמֵל וּלְהַרְחִיב הַנְּשִׁיכָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"the bite of a fox":** Its healing is difficult, as its teeth are thin, crooked and twisted. And [so] the physician must take out the flesh [that was bitten] with a scalpel, and enlarge the [scar of the] bite.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:7
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**עֲקִיצַת עַקְרָב.** קָשָׁה מִנְּשִׁיכַת נָחָשׁ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"the sting of a scorpion":** [which is] worse than a snake's bite.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:8
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:10:8)

**וּלְחִישָׁתָן.** דִּבּוּרָן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"their hiss":** [meaning,] their words.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:9
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:10:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:10:9)

**לְחִישַׁת שָׂרָף.** כְּהֶבֶל הַיּוֹצֵא מִפִּי הַשָּׂרָף, שֶׁשּׂוֹרֵף בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהוּא לוֹחֵשׁ. פֵּרוּשׁ אַחֵר, הַשָּׂרָף הַזֶּה אֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל לַחַשׁ כִּשְׁאָר נְחָשִׁים, כְּדִכְתִיב (תהלים נח) אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמַע לְקוֹל מְלַחֲשִׁים, כָּךְ תַּלְמִיד חָכָם אִם תַּקְנִיטֶנּוּ וְתָבֹא לְפַיְּסוֹ אֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל פִּיּוּס:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"the hiss of a Seraph":** It is like the breath that comes form the mouth of a Seraph, which burns while he hisses. A different explanation: this seraph-snake does not accept hisses (to charm him) like other snakes, as it written (Psalms 58:6), "Which will not listen to the voice of charmers." Thus [too] is the Torah scholar - if you upset him and come to appease him, he will not accept appeasement.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:11:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:11:1)

**עַיִן הָרָע.** כְּמוֹ עַיִן רָעָה, שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִסְתַּפֵּק בְּמַה שֶּׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ וּמְחַזֵּר אַחַר דְּבָרִים אֲחֵרִים. וְיֵשׁ מְפָרְשִׁים עַיִן הָרַע, שֶׁמַּכְנִיס עַיִן הָרַע בְּמָמוֹן חֲבֵרוֹ אוֹ בְּבָנָיו וּמַזִּיק לוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"The evil eye":** [This is] like "an evil eye," which does not suffice with what he has and seeks other things. And some explain, "the evil eye" - that he inserts the evil eye into the money of his friend or his children and hurts him.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:11:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:11:2)

**וְשִׂנְאַת הַבְּרִיּוֹת.** שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם. וְרַמְבַּ"ם פֵּרֵשׁ, שֶׁמּוֹאֵס חֶבְרַת הַבְּרִיּוֹת וְאוֹהֵב לֵישֵׁב יְחִידִי. וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי, אָדָם קָשֶׁה שֶׁמֵּבִיא עָלָיו שִׂנְאַת הַבְּרִיּוֹת וְגוֹרֵם שֶׁהַכֹּל שׂוֹנְאִים אוֹתוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"and hatred of the creations":** baseless hatred. And Rambam explains that he despises the company of the creations and loves to sit alone. And I heard, [this is referring to] a hard man, who brings the hatred of the creations upon him and causes all to hate him.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:12:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:12:1)

**הַתְקֵן עַצְמְךָ לִלְמֹד תּוֹרָה.** שֶׁלֹּא תֹּאמַר הוֹאִיל וְאָבִי חָכָם וַאֲבִי אָבִי חָכָם, תּוֹרָה חוֹזֶרֶת לְאַכְסַנְיָא שֶׁלָּהּ וְאֵינִי צָרִיךְ לְבַקֵּשׁ אַחֲרֶיהָ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Prepare yourself to study Torah":** Such that you not say, "Since my father was a sage and the father of my father was a sage, the Torah will come back to its lodgings, and I do not need to seek after it."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:12:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:12:2)

**וְכָל מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יִהְיוּ לְשֵׁם שָׁמָיִם.** אַף בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאַתָּה עוֹסֵק בַּאֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה וּבְדֶרֶךְ אֶרֶץ לֹא תִּתְכַּוֵּן לְהַהֲנוֹת גּוּפְךָ, אֶלָּא שֶׁתִּהְיֶה בָּרִיא לַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹן קוֹנְךָ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"All of your actions should be for the sake of Heaven":** even at the time that you are involved in eating and drinking and in the way of the world (*derekh erets*), do not have the intention to give pleasure to your body, but rather that you should be healthy [in order] to do the will of your Creator.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:13:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:13:1)

**הֱוֵי זָהִיר בִּקְרִיאַת שְׁמַע.** לִקְרוֹתוֹ בְּעוֹנָתוֹ. וְכֵן בַּתְּפִלָּה, לְהִתְפַּלֵּל כָּל תְּפִלָּה וּתְפִלָּה בְּעוֹנָתָהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Be careful in the reciting of Shema":** to recite it at its time. And so [too] with prayer, to pray each and every prayer in its time.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:13:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:13:2)

**קֶבַע.** כְּאָדָם שֶׁיֵּשׁ עָלָיו חוֹבָה דָּבָר קָבוּעַ וְאוֹמֵר אֵימָתַי אֶפְרֹק מֵעָלַי חוֹב זֶה. אִי נַמִּי, קֶבַע, כְּאָדָם שֶׁקָּבוּעַ לוֹ לִקְרֹא פֶּרֶק אֶחָד פָּרָשָׁה אַחַת, שֶׁאוֹמֵר אוֹתָהּ בִּקְרִיאָה בְּעָלְמָא, וְאֵינוֹ אוֹמְרָהּ בִּלְשׁוֹן תַּחֲנוּנִים כְּאָדָם שֶׁמְּבַקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"fixed":** like a person who has something fixed that he is obligated in and says, "When will I unload this obligation from upon me?" And also (another explanation is) "fixed" - like a person for whom it is fixed that he read a chapter and a section which he says only as a recitation and does not say in the language of supplications, as a person who is requesting mercy [would use].


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:13:3
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:13:3)

**כִּי אֵל חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם הוּא.** רוֹצֶה בְּתַחֲנוּנִים, וְעַל יְדֵי הַתַּחֲנוּנִים הוּא מְרַחֵם מִיָּד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"'For He is gracious and merciful'":** He wants supplications, and through the supplications, He immediately has mercy.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:13:4
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:13:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:13:4)

**וְאַל תְּהִי רָשָׁע בִּפְנֵי עַצְמְךָ.** אַל תַּעֲשֶׂה דָּבָר שֶׁהַיּוֹם וּלְמָחָר תַּרְשִׁיעַ אֶת עַצְמְךָ בּוֹ. וְהָרַמְבַּ"ם פֵּרֵשׁ, אַל תְּהִי רָשָׁע בְּעֵינֶיךָ כְּלוֹמַר לֹא תַּחֲזִיק עַצְמְךָ כְּרָשָׁע, שֶׁמִּתּוֹךְ כָּךְ אַתָּה יוֹצֵא לְתַרְבּוּת רָעָה לְגַמְרֵי. וַאֲנִי שָׁמַעְתִּי, אַל תְּהִי רָשָׁע בְּדָבָר זֶה שֶׁתִּפְרֹשׁ מִן הַצִּבּוּר וְתַעֲמֹד בִּפְנֵי עַצְמְךָ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"And do not be wicked in your own eyes":** Do not do something that will cause you to consider yourself wicked today and tomorrow. And Rambam explained, "do not be wicked in your own eyes" - that is to say, don't consider yourself wicked, as from such you would completely go out to the culture of delinquency. And I heard, "do not be wicked" in [the previous] matter that you separate yourself from the community and stand on your own.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:14:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:14:1)

**לְאֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס.** לְשׁוֹן הֶפְקֵר, שֶׁמְּבַזֶּה אֶת הַתּוֹרָה וּמַחְשִׁיבָהּ כְּאִלּוּ הִיא הֶפְקֵר. אִי נַמִּי, מֵשִׂים עַצְמוֹ כְּהֶפְקֵר וְאֵינוֹ חָס עַל נַפְשׁוֹ לָחוּשׁ שֶׁמָּא תָּבֹא עָלָיו רָעָה עַל שֶׁמְּבַזֶּה אֶת הַתּוֹרָה אוֹ לוֹמְדֶיהָ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"To one who denigrates the Torah (*apikoros*)":** [It] is an expression of being ownerless (*hefker*), as he disgraces the Torah and treats it as if it is ownerless. And also (another explanation is) he makes himself ownerless and is not concerned for his soul, lest evil will come to him as a result of his disgracing the Torah or those that study it.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:14:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:14:2)

**וְדַע לִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה עָמֵל.** בִּתְשׁוּבָה זוֹ שֶׁאַתָּה מֵשִׁיב לְאֶפִּיקוֹרוֹס, שֶׁלֹּא יִפְתֶּה לִבְּךָ לִנְטוֹת לְדַעְתּוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"Know before Whom you labor":** in this response that you give to the one who denigrates the Torah, such that your heart not be seduced to inclining towards his opinion.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:15:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:15:1)

**הַיּוֹם קָצָר.** חַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה קְצָרִים הֵם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"The day is short":** The life in this world is short.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:15:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:15:2)

**וְהַמְּלָאכָה מְרֻבָּה.** הַתּוֹרָה אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ מִדָּהּ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"and the work is much":** The Torah's 'measure is longer than the earth.'


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:15:3
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:15:3)

**וּבַעַל הַבַּיִת דּוֹחֵק.** שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר (יהושע א) וְהָגִיתָ בּוֹ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"and the Master of the house is pressing":** as it is stated, (Joshua 1:8), "and you shall contemplate it day and night."


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:16:1
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:16:1)

**לֹא עָלֶיךָ הַמְּלָאכָה לִגְמֹר.** לֹא שְׂכָרְךָ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִגְמֹר אֶת כֻּלָּהּ כְּדֵי שֶׁתַּפְסִיד שְׂכָרְךָ אִם לֹא תִּגְמְרֶנָּהּ. וְשֶׁמָּא תֹּאמַר אֵינִי לוֹמֵד וְאֵינִי נוֹטֵל שָׂכָר, וְלֹא אַתָּה בֶן חוֹרִין לִבָּטֵל. עַל כָּרְחֲךָ הָעֹל, מֻטָּל עָלֶיךָ לַעֲבֹד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"It is not your responsibility to finish the work":** The Holy One, blessed be He, did not hire you to finish it all, so that you would lose your wage if you do not finish it. And lest you say, "I will not study [Torah], and I will not take the wage," [it states,] "but neither are you free to desist " - against your will is the yoke placed upon you to labor.


###### Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:16:2
[Bartenura on Pirkei Avot 2:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Bartenura%20on%20Pirkei%20Avot/r/2:16:2)

**לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא.** לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**"in the future to come":** In the world to come.