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Kabbalah for Pirkei Avot 2:5

הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר, אֵין בּוּר יְרֵא חֵטְא, וְלֹא עַם הָאָרֶץ חָסִיד, וְלֹא הַבַּיְשָׁן לָמֵד, וְלֹא הַקַּפְּדָן מְלַמֵּד, וְלֹא כָל הַמַּרְבֶּה בִסְחוֹרָה מַחְכִּים. וּבְמָקוֹם שֶׁאֵין אֲנָשִׁים, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִהְיוֹת אִישׁ:

He was wont to say: "A bur will not fear sin." [A "bur" is one who is "empty" of everything (the Targum of Genesis 47:19 "And the land will not be empty" is "And the land will not be bur.") He is empty even of business acumen and is worse than an "ignoramus"], and an ignoramus cannot be a saint, [but, having business acumen, he can be a fearer of sin], and he who is ashamed will not learn. [Being ashamed to ask lest he be mocked, he will remain with his doubts forever], and the pedant will not teach. [He who is "pedantic" (not forthcoming) with his students when they ask him, will not teach correctly. He must be "open" with them in (the teaching of) halachah], and all who (over) engage in trade will not be wise, [viz. Deuteronomy 30:13: "And it is not across the seas" — Torah is not to be found with those who cross the seas (in trade). (Eruvin 55a)], and in a place where there are no men [to sit at the head and render halachic decisions], strive to be a man.

Tikkunei Zohar

"and the earth was uninformed and void" (Gen. 1:2) - [this fear comes] from the side of the tree of good and evil, and this is the empty land, the bad maidservant, similar to the four basic examples of damages, one of which is the pit, similar to the pit [bor] of Yosef, which is the Pit. "And the pit was empty, there is no water in it" (Gen. 37:24). The bad maidservant is the pit, and "the pit" is the male, and we tech regarding this "a boor [bor] cannot fear sin" (Avot 2:5), this is because this boor has no [true] fear of God.
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Tikkunei Zohar

Because if a person does not recognize who is the One who gave Torah to that person, and what the person is supposed to observe, how would the person fear and observe the mitzvot? And regarding this the rabbis said: an ignorant cannot be pious, and a boor cannot fear sin (Avot 2:5).
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