Chapter 3: Mishna 1: Part 5 (The previous shiur began with a
brief summary of a section which was highly dependent on Hebrew
grammar and language. The opening section of this shiur is also
dependent of Hebrew language, and has the same limitation
imposed by the medium we are using. However, the content here is
too fundamental to simply summarize, so we will do our best to
explain, (in Hebrish :-) ) the points being made, and how they
are seen in the text.) We are taught in the Midrash (Koheleth
Rabbah 12): Akavia ben Mehalalel says: Contemplate three things,
and you will not come to the hands of sin. Know from where you
came; and to where you are going; and before whom you will
ultimately give judgment and accounting, Before the King of
Kings, The Holy One, Blessed be He. Rebbe Yehoshua ben Levi of
Sakhnin said: All three were extracted by Akavia from one word.
"And remember your Creator" (Koheleth 12:1) (the word used in
Hebrew is "bora'acha", spelled bet, reish, aleph, chaf, with the
root being bet, reish,