Tinyana

Tinyana Regarding the Matter of Human Actions Once he spoke regarding the matter of human actions, he spoke up and said: Behold, a person, for one small pleasure of a quarter of an hour, can lose and forfeit this entire world with the World to Come. And he said in the Ashkenazi language in these words: A mentsh fun eyn taanugl vegn fun a fertl sha’ah kan er on vern gar dem olam hazeh mit dem olam haba [A person, for one small pleasure for a quarter of an hour, can lose completely this world with the World to Come].