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Keeping a Balance
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 2:1
By Mendel Kaplan
In this class you will learn some historical context to the authoring of the mishnah and the meaning of the Sages teaching that one should lead a balanced lifestyle. Download Listen (50:06) | |
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Big or Small
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 2:1
By Mendel Kaplan
“Be as careful in minor commandments as of a major one” -- What defines larger or smaller commandments? Download Listen (49:29) | |
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Torah vs. Profession
Ethics of our Fathers: Avot 2:2
By Mendel Kaplan
“It is good to combine the study of Torah with an occupation” -- Which is more important, studying Torah or doing a profession. Download Listen (40:15) | |
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Community Matters
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 2:2
By Mendel Kaplan
“All who occupy themselves with the affairs of the community shall be engaged with them for the sake of G-d" -- Why you should or shouldn’t be involved in community matters. Download Listen (48:27) | |
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Three Things to Know
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:1
By Mendel Kaplan
Akavya ben Mahalalel said, “Reflect upon three things and you will not come to sin: 1. Know from where you came 2. Know where you are going 3. And before whom you are destined to give an accounting for you actions. Download Listen (48:38) | |
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Welfare of the Government
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:2
By Mendel Kaplan
Rabbi Chanina the deputy High-Priest taught “Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the fear of it, men would swallow one another alive”. Download Listen (52:56) | |
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The Yoke of Torah
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:4
By Mendel Kaplan
Rabbi Chanina the son of Chachinaey taught “One who is awake at night of travels alone on the road, and turns his heart to idleness, indeed he endangers his life” Download Listen (50:30) | |
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Ten Jews & G-ds Presence
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:6
By Mendel Kaplan
Rabbi Chalafta ben Dosa of Kfar Chananya explained “If ten people sit together and occupy themselves with Torah, the Divine Presence rests among them” Download Listen (39:06) | |
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Piety Precedes Wisdom
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:9
By Mendel Kaplan
Rabbi Chanina the son of Dosa would say: One whose fear of sin takes precedence to his wisdom, his wisdom endures. But one whose wisdom takes precedence to his fear of sin, his wisdom does not endure. Download Listen (1:01:08) | |
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G-d Likes a Mentch
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:10
By Mendel Kaplan
One who is pleasing to his fellow men, is pleasing to G-d. But one who is not pleasing to his fellow men, is not pleasing to G-d. Download Listen (43:10) | |
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Ultimate Profanity
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:11
By Mendel Kaplan
One, who profanes the kodoshim, degrades the Festivals, humiliates his friend in public, abrogates the covenant of our father Abraham, or who interprets the Torah contrary to its true intent… has no share in the World to Come. Download Listen (1:01:59) | |
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Safeguards
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:13
By Mendel Kaplan
Rabbi Akiva would say: Jesting and frivolity accustom a person to promiscuity. Tradition is a safety fence to Torah, tithing a safety fence to wealth, vows a safety fence for abstinence; a safety fence for wisdom is silence. Download Listen (1:02:55) | |
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The Nature of a Mitzvah (2)
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 4:2
By Mendel Kaplan
For a mitzvah brings another mitzvah, and a transgression brings another transgression. For the reward of a mitzvah is a mitzvah, and the reward of transgression is transgression. Download Listen (57:35) | |
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Good Mazal
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 4:3
By Mendel Kaplan
He would also say: Do not scorn any man, and do not discount any thing. For there is no man who has not his hour, and no thing that has not its place. Download Listen (49:25) | |
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Torah Study For…
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 4:5
By Mendel Kaplan
One who learns Torah in order to teach, is given the opportunity to learn and teach. One who learns in order to do, is given the opportunity to learn, teach, observe and do. Download Listen (58:06) | |
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