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Pirkei Avot

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Chapter 1, Mishnah 1 - Lesson 1
Ethics: Chapter 1, Mishnah 1
Part 1 Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 1:1
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Chapter 1, Mishnah 1 - Lesson 2
Ethics: Chapter 1, Mishnah 1
Part 2 Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 1:1
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Chapter 1, Mishnah 1 - Lesson 3
Ethics: Chapter 1, Mishnah 1
Part 3 Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 1:1
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Keeping a Balance
Keeping a Balance
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 2:1
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.
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Big or Small
Big or Small
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 2:1
“Be as careful in minor commandments as of a major one” -- What defines larger or smaller commandments?
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Achievements: Does It Really Matter?
Achievements: Does It Really Matter?
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 2:1
“Be as careful in minor commandments as of a major one” -- What does G-d judge us by: the actual achievements or the work and emotion that is put into performing the commandments?
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Torah vs. Profession
Torah vs. Profession
Ethics of our Fathers: Avot 2:2
“It is good to combine the study of Torah with an occupation” -- Which is more important, studying Torah or doing a profession.
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Community Matters
Community Matters
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 2:2
“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.
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Three Things to Know
Three Things to Know
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:1
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.
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Welfare of the Government
Welfare of the Government
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:2
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”.
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The Yoke of Torah
The Yoke of Torah
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:4
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”
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Ten Jews & G-ds Presence
Ten Jews & G-ds Presence
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:6
Rabbi Chalafta ben Dosa of Kfar Chananya explained “If ten people sit together and occupy themselves with Torah, the Divine Presence rests among them”
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Piety Precedes Wisdom
Piety Precedes Wisdom
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:9
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.
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G-d Likes a Mentch
G-d Likes a Mentch
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:10
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.
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Ultimate Profanity
Ultimate Profanity
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:11
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.
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Safeguards
Safeguards
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 3:13
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.
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Enthusiasm for a Mitzvah (1)
Enthusiasm for a Mitzvah (1)
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 4:2
Ben Azzai would say: Run to pursue a minor mitzvah, and flee from a transgression.
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The Nature of a Mitzvah (2)
The Nature of a Mitzvah (2)
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 4:2
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.
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Good Mazal
Good Mazal
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 4:3
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.
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Torah Study For…
Torah Study For…
Ethics of Our Fathers: Avot 4:5
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.
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