Ethics of the Fathers

Ethics of the Fathers is a tractate of the Mishna that details the Torah's views on ethics and interpersonal relationships. Enjoy insights, audio classes and stories on these fascinating topics.

Pirkei Avos / Ethics of the Fathers contains timeless wisdom. It is a collection of ethics, honesty, and advice. But at its very beginning it tells us that even this part of Jewish life came from Sinai. All of that is part of Judaism.

Ethics of the Fathers contains timeless wisdom. It is a collection of ethics, honesty, and advice. But at its very beginning it tells us that even this part of Jewish life came from Sinai. All of that is part of Judaism.

Follow your bliss? If it's going to make other people like you, that's the thing to do? Not the sort of advice you'd expect from a Talmudical sage...

People are busy rifling through the – dare I say it - junk. I must run. Run before I become entangled in that huge mess of possessions, aptly called "gar(b)age sale."

The scent of summer is in the air. The pools are full of happy people, winter clothes are stashed away and students have a perpetual grin on their faces-- school is almost over...

The world was created with ten utterances. What does this come to teach us? Certainly, it could have been created with a single utterance...

My old high-school friend Jillian had posted that she was reading a particular book, and I commented that it was not a favorite of mine. I closed the page, went back to work and thought nothing more of it, and I probably wouldn’t have, until the phone ...

What was the horrific crime of sodom? Their credo: what's mine is mine and what's yours is yours

Heaven or earth? The kollel or the kibbutz? We Jews have been debating the issue for as long as we have been a people