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There is one thing about which fevered feminists and frum fanatics have long agreed, namely their reading of the fifth Mishnah in the first chapter of Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) which ...

The Mishnah (Avot 4:6) begins by teaching us the desired intention when studying Torah: “If one learns [Torah] in order to teach, he is given the means to learn and to teach; if one learns in order to ...

We have been spending the past few weeks studying a chapter of Pirke Avot each Shabbat between Pesach and Shavuot. Let’s look at the opening and closing statements for each chapter. At the beginning ...

For the People of the Book, literacy is a mitzvah, a sanctified behavior that draws us closer to God and the Jewish community. Pirkei Avot, or Ethics of the Fathers, described a curriculum in the year ...

Perhaps their last-minute creation reflects God’s own ambivalence with the concept of creating a world with supernatural elements and possibilities. We read in an extraordinary Mishnah (Pirke Avot 5:6 ...

Answer: It is very meritorious to study Mishnayot for the departed. “Mishnah” and “neshama” (soul) are written with the same four Hebrew letters, hinting that study of Mishnayot is of great benefit to ...

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wy.) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), speaks with reporters following the party luncheons on Capitol ...