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...
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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...
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 3:10 God or Others – Which Comes First?
He (Rabbi Chaninah Ben Dosa) would also say: One who is pleasant with his fellow men, is pleasing to God. But one who is not...
Pirkei Avot 3:7 Only God
Rabbi Elazar of Bartota would say: Give Him what is His, for you and whatever is yours, are His. As David says: "For everything comes from You, and...
Pirkei Avot 1:7: The Three-Stage Approach to Rectifying Reality
Nitai the Arbelite would say: “Distance yourself from a bad neighbor, do not cleave to a wicked person, and do not abandon belief in retribution.”...
Pirkei Avot 1:10 Converts and Penitents
Shma’ayah and Avtalyon received from them. Shma’ayah would say: Love work, loath mastery over others, and avoid intimacy with the government. (Pirkei Avot 1:10) Shma’ayah...
Pirkei Avot 6:1 Climbing the Ladder: Righteous, Pious, Upright and Faithful
Rabbi Meir would say: Whoever studies Torah for Torah's sake alone, merits many things… and it [the Torah] prepares him to be righteous, pious, upright and faithful… Our...
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...
Pirkei Avot 3:7 – Walking Down the Road: Torah Study, Life and Ego
Pirkei Avot 3:7…Rabbi Yaakov would say: One who walks along a road and studies, and interrupts his studying to say, "How beautiful is this tree!", "How beautiful...
