Pirkei Avot 4:2 Staying on the Mitzvah Track
Ben Azzai would say: Run to pursue a minor mitzvah and flee from a transgression, for a mitzvah causes another mitzvah after it and a transgression causes another...
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Pirkei Avot 6:10 Rectifying our Dreams
God acquired five acquisitions in his world. These are: one acquisition is the Torah, one acquisition are the heavens and the earth, one acquisition is Abraham,...
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...
Torah and Love: Pirkei Avot 2:2
Rabban Gamliel the son of Rabbi Yehudah Hanassi said, “Torah study with derech eretz (the way of the land) is becoming, for toiling over...
Pirkei Avot 6:1 Studying Torah for Torah’s Sake
Rabbi Meir would say: Whomever studies Torah for Torah's sake alone merits many things… The sages say, “He who performs (good deeds) not for the sake of the good...
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...
A Portion in the World to Come – Introduction to Pirkei Avot
All of Israel have a portion in the World to Come, as it is stated, “And Your people are all righteous. They shall inherit the land forever. They...
Pirkei Avot 6:6 Faith in the Sages
Torah is acquired with forty-eight qualities and these are….with faith in the sages… “King David said to his son, Solomon, ‘Know the God of your...
Who can be a Chassid? Pirkei Avot 2:5
He would also say: A boor cannot be sin-fearing and an am ha’aretz cannot be a chassid… Rabbi Ovadiah of Bartenura explains this mishnah: A...
Pirkei Avot 1:6 A Rebbe and a Friend
Yehoshua ben Perachiah would say: “Appoint yourself a rabbi, acquire for yourself a friend, and judge every man to the side of merit.” (Pirkei Avot...
