פרקי אבות- משנה טו

רע''ב אין בידינו- we don’t know why ה' makes a רשע prosper and the good person suffer.

We don’t see in גלות an exacting רשע who has tranquility and צדיקים with crippling יסורים. They have יסורים של אהבה- these don’t cause ביטול תורה. It says, "יצאינו... הגענו"- in גלות there are no real רשעים , but we haven’t reached the level of צדיקים.

כל- even to the גוי in the marketplace. But not like שלומית בת דברי- she was a פתפתה and her son was a מקלל. Story- nun at ר' יעקב’s לוי'.

It is better to be a tail to lions rather than a leader to foxes.

רע''ב אריות- people who are a lion in רוחניות.

שועלים- someone who is a קטן in רוחניות.

ת''י When it comes to כבוד, respect every yid. But when it comes to who you are friends with, it’s better to be מתחבר with חשוב people and be lower than them because the honor of lowly people is good, but the honor of low people amongst honorable people, that is considered כבוד .