Who is pirkei avot

Those who are happy with their lot. I have often taught, surely not originally, that every translation is an interpretation. When I was ordained, half of my classmates were women. As we count the days from Egypt to Sinai, reading Pirkei Avot this year, let us assure that our language is honest, accurately reflecting the past rather than the way that the past presented itself.

Let our words convey respect for every person, regardless of gender, as we continue to dismantle the patriarchy. And let us inspire every Jew, of every gender and of every coming generation, to lead us into a future filled with wisdom.

Excellent work! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Pirkei Avot is among the most well known of all writings in Rabbinic Judaism. Unlike the other tractates in the Mishnah, Pirkei Avot is made up of story like material and maxims known as aggadah. It contains no halachah, binding legal material.

Yet, it is supremely important because it justifies the authority of the rabbis, something the Bible could not do. He used to say: the world stands upon three things: the Torah, the Temple service, and the practice of acts of piety. He used to say: do not be like servants who serve the master in the expectation of receiving a reward, but be like servants who serve the master without the expectation of receiving a reward, and let the fear of Heaven be upon you.

Shimon the Righteous and Antigonus]. Yose ben Yoezer used to say: let thy house be a house of meeting for the Sages and sit in the very dust of their feet, and drink in their words with thirst. This final chapter, entitled Kinyan Torah the acquisition of Torah consists of a rabbinic statement that glorifies Torah and scholarship and that lays out a program by which students can come to possess Torah.

Pirkei Avot inspired a vast number of commentaries. Beyond this, the most famous commentaries on Pirkei Avot are those written by Moses Maimonides in the 12th century and by Simcha ben Samuel of Vitry in the 11th century.

To this day, scholars continue to produce new commentaries on Pirkei Avot and students and teachers throughout the Jewish world continuously develop new interpretations and understandings of its teachings. Together with the Gemara, it makes up the Talmud. Mixed Multitudes. We use cookies to improve your experience on our site and bring you ads that might interest you. Students at Pardes, a pluralistic yeshiva in Jerusalem. Copyright: Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies. Literary Context Given the popularity of Pirkei Avot, we may easily come to think of it as a sui generis work with little connection to any other Jewish text.

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