Pirkei Avot 5:6: The Twilight Zone
Ten things were created at twiight of Shabbat eve. These are: the mouth of the earth [that swallowed Korach]; the mouth of [Miriam's] well; the...
Category : Chapter 5
Pirkei Avot 5:1: The Secret of Ten
The world was created with ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance. However,...
Pirkei Avot 5:7 The Right Questions
There are seven things that characterize the imbecile, and seven that characterize the wise man: His questions are on the issue at hand, and he...
Pirkei Avot 5:10 Four Attributes from Evil to Chasid
There are four types of people: There is he who says, “What is mine is yours, and what is yours is mine”—he is considered a...
Pirkei Avot 5:6: The Athens – Jerusalem Syndrome
Ten things were created on the eve of Shabbat, at twilight and they are: the mouth of the earth [that swallowed Korach], the mouth of the well [Miriam’s...
Pirkei Avot 5: 19: Disciple of Abraham? Or Bil’am?
ל מִי שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה דְבָרִים הַלָּלוּ, הוּא מִתַּלְמִידָיו שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם אָבִֽינוּ, וּשְׁלֹשָׁה דְבָרִים אֲחֵרִים, הוּא מִתַּלְמִידָיו שֶׁל בִּלְעָם הָרָשָׁע. תַּלְמִידָיו שֶׁל אַבְרָהָם אָבִֽינוּ: עַֽיִן...
Plenty of Room for Everyone: Pirkei Avot 5:5
“Our forebearers experienced ten miracles in the Holy Temple… They stood crowded but had ample space to prostrate themselves; never did a snake or scorpion...
Students of Abraham: Pirkei Avot 5:19
Whomever possesses the following three traits is considered among the disciples of our patriarch Abraham; and whomever possesses the opposite three traits is considered among...
Pirkei Avot 5:22: Transformation
Ben Bag Bag would say: Delve and delve into it, for all is in it; see with it; grow old and worn in it; do not...
Pirkei Avot 5:17 – The Enduring Dispute
Any dispute that is for the sake of Heaven is destined to endure; one that is not for the sake of Heaven is not destined...
