Pirkei Avot, the Glossary

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1. 73 relations: Aaron, Adin Steinsaltz, Amicus curiae, Avot de-Rabbi Natan, Book of Proverbs, Book of Wisdom, Charles Taylor (Hebraist), Chinese language, Counting of the Omer, Didacticism, Ecclesiastes, Eleazar ben Arach, Eliezer ben Hurcanus, Ethics, Gemara, Genesis Rabbah, Gospel, Gospel of Matthew, Great Assembly, Halakha, Hillel the Elder, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Jewish prayer, Jews, Joshua, Joshua ben Hananiah, Judah ha-Nasi, Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Kohen, Maimonides, Makkot, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Minor tractate, Mishnah, Mishnaic Hebrew, Mitzvah, Moses, Mount Sinai, Musar literature, Nevi'im, Nezikin, Passover, Patriarchs (Bible), Polygamy, Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Tarfon, Rabbinic Judaism, Rosh Hashanah, Saadia Gaon, Samson Raphael Hirsch, ... Expand index (23 more) »

2. Jewish ethics

Aaron

According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron was a Jewish prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of Moses.

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Adin Steinsaltz

Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz (11 July 19377 August 2020) (עדין אבן-ישראל שטיינזלץ) was an Israeli Chabad Chasidic rabbi, teacher, philosopher, social critic, author, translator and publisher.

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Amicus curiae

An amicus curiae is an individual or organization that is not a party to a legal case, but that is permitted to assist a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case.

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Avot de-Rabbi Natan

Avot of Rabbi Natan, also known as Avot de-Rabbi Nathan (ARN), the first and longest of the minor tractates of the Talmud, is a Jewish aggadic work probably compiled in the geonic era (c.700–900 CE). Pirkei Avot and Avot de-Rabbi Natan are Sifrei Kodesh.

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Book of Proverbs

The Book of Proverbs (מִשְלֵי,; Παροιμίαι; Liber Proverbiorum, "Proverbs (of Solomon)") is a book in the third section (called Ketuvim) of the Hebrew Bible traditionally ascribed to King Solomon and his students later appearing in the Christian Old Testament.

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Book of Wisdom

The Book of Wisdom, or the Wisdom of Solomon, is a book written in Greek and most likely composed in Alexandria, Egypt.

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Charles Taylor (Hebraist)

Charles Taylor (1840–1908) was an English Christian Hebraist.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Counting of the Omer

Counting of the Omer (Sefirat HaOmer, sometimes abbreviated as Sefira) is a ritual in Judaism.

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Didacticism

Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature, art, and design.

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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes (Qōheleṯ, Ekklēsiastēs) is one of the Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible and part of the Wisdom literature of the Christian Old Testament.

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Eleazar ben Arach

Eleazar ben Arach was one of the tannaim of the second generation (1st century CE).

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Eliezer ben Hurcanus

Eliezer ben Hurcanus or Hyrcanus (אליעזר בן הורקנוס) was one of the most prominent Sages (tannaim) of the 1st and 2nd centuries in Judea, disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben ZakkaiAvot of Rabbi Natan 14:5 and colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister Ima Shalom he married), and of Joshua ben Hananiah.

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Ethics

Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena.

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Gemara

The Gemara (also transliterated Gemarah, or in Yiddish Gemore) is an essential component of the Talmud, comprising a collection of rabbinical analyses and commentaries on the Mishnah and presented in 63 books. Pirkei Avot and Gemara are Sifrei Kodesh.

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Genesis Rabbah

Genesis Rabbah (Bərēšīṯ Rabbā) is a religious text from Judaism's classical period, probably written between 300 and 500 CE with some later additions.

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Gospel

Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported.

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Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel of Matthew is the first book of the New Testament of the Bible and one of the three synoptic Gospels.

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Great Assembly

According to Jewish tradition the Great Assembly (Knesset HaGedolah, also translated as Great Synagogue or Synod) was an assembly of possibly 120 scribes, sages, and prophets, which existed from the early Second Temple period (around 516 BCE) to the early Hellenistic period (which began in the region with Alexander's conquest in 332 BCE), roughly coinciding with the Persian hegemony over the nation of Israel.

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Halakha

Halakha (translit), also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, and halocho, is the collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah.

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Hillel the Elder

Hillel (הִלֵּל Hīllēl; variously called Hillel the Elder, Hillel the Great, or Hillel the Babylonian; died c. 10 CE) was a Jewish religious leader, sage and scholar associated with the development of the Mishnah and the Talmud and the founder of the House of Hillel school of tannaim.

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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic (Aramaic: ארמית) was the form of Middle Aramaic employed by writers in Lower Mesopotamia between the fourth and eleventh centuries.

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Jewish prayer

Jewish prayer (תְּפִילָּה,; plural; tfile, plural תּפֿלות; Yinglish: davening from Yiddish דאַוון 'pray') is the prayer recitation that forms part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Joshua

Joshua, also known as Yehoshua (Yəhōšuaʿ, Tiberian: Yŏhōšuaʿ, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jeshoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Exodus and Numbers, and later succeeded Moses as leader of the Israelite tribes in the Book of Joshua of the Hebrew Bible.

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Joshua ben Hananiah

Joshua ben Hananiah (Yəhōšuaʿ ben Ḥánanyāh; d. 131 CE), also known as Rabbi Yehoshua, was a leading tanna of the first half-century following the destruction of the Second Temple.

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Judah ha-Nasi

Judah ha-Nasi (יְהוּדָה הַנָּשִׂיא‎, Yəhūḏā hanNāsīʾ‎; Yehudah HaNasi or Judah the President) or Judah I, known simply as Rebbi or Rabbi, was a second-century rabbi (a tanna of the fifth generation) and chief redactor and editor of the Mishnah.

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Judah Loew ben Bezalel

Judah Loew ben Bezalel (between 1512 and 1526 – 17 September 1609), also known as Rabbi Loew (Löw, Loewe, Löwe or Levai), the Maharal of Prague, or simply the Maharal (the Hebrew acronym of "Moreinu ha-Rav Loew", 'Our Teacher, Rabbi Loew'), was an important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, mathematician, astronomer,Solomon Grayzel, A History of the Jews, The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1968, pp.

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Kohen

Kohen (כֹּהֵן, kōhēn,, "priest", pl., kōhănīm,, "priests") is the Hebrew word for "priest", used in reference to the Aaronic priesthood, also called Aaronites or Aaronides.

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Maimonides

Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (רמב״ם), was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.

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Makkot

Makkot (Lashes) in Judaism is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud. Pirkei Avot and Makkot are Mishnah.

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Yiddish: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; Russian: Менахем-Мендл Шнеерсон; Modern Hebrew: מנחם מנדל שניאורסון; April 5, 1902 OS – June 12, 1994; AM 11 Nissan 5662 – 3 Tammuz 5754), known to adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe, was a Russian-American Orthodox rabbi and the most recent Rebbe of the Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty.

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Minor tractate

The minor tractates (מסכתות קטנות, masechtot qetanot) are essays from the Talmudic period or later dealing with topics about which no formal tractate exists in the Mishnah. Pirkei Avot and minor tractate are Mishnah.

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Mishnah

The Mishnah or the Mishna (מִשְׁנָה, "study by repetition", from the verb shanah, or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah. Pirkei Avot and Mishnah are Sifrei Kodesh.

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Mishnaic Hebrew

Mishnaic Hebrew (translit "Language of the Sages") is the Hebrew language of Talmudic texts. Pirkei Avot and Mishnaic Hebrew are Mishnah.

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Mitzvah

In its primary meaning, the Hebrew word (מִצְוָה, mīṣvā, plural מִצְווֹת mīṣvōt; "commandment") refers to a commandment from God to be performed as a religious duty.

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Moses

Moses; Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ); Mūše; Mūsā; Mōÿsēs was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, according to Abrahamic tradition.

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Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai (הַר סִינָֽי Har Sīnay; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ Ṭūrāʾ dəSīnăy; Coptic: Ⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), also known as Jabal Musa (جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mountain of Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt.

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Musar literature

Musar literature is didactic Jewish ethical literature which describes virtues and vices and the path towards character improvement. Pirkei Avot and Musar literature are Jewish ethics.

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Nevi'im

The (נְבִיאִים Nəvīʾīm, Tiberian: Năḇīʾīm 'Prophets') is the second major division of the Hebrew Bible (the Tanakh), lying between the and. Pirkei Avot and Nevi'im are Sifrei Kodesh.

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Nezikin

Nezikin (נזיקין Neziqin, "Damages") or Seder Nezikin ("The Order of Damages") is the fourth Order of the Mishna (also the Tosefta and Talmud). Pirkei Avot and Nezikin are Mishnah.

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Passover

Passover, also called Pesach, is a major Jewish holidayand one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals.

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Patriarchs (Bible)

The patriarchs (אבות ʾAvot, "fathers") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites.

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Polygamy

Polygamy (from Late Greek πολυγαμία, "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses.

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Rabbi Akiva

Akiva ben Joseph (Mishnaic Hebrew:; – 28 September 135 CE), also known as Rabbi Akiva, was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a tanna of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second.

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Rabbi Tarfon

Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon (רבי טרפון, from the Greek Τρύφων Tryphon literally "one who lives in luxury" Trifon), a Kohen, was a member of the third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived in the period between the destruction of the Second Temple (70 CE) and the fall of Betar (135 CE).

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Rabbinic Judaism

Rabbinic Judaism (יהדות רבנית|Yahadut Rabanit), also called Rabbinism, Rabbinicism, or Rabbanite Judaism, has been the mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE, after the codification of the Babylonian Talmud.

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Rosh Hashanah

Rosh HaShanah (רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה,, literally "head of the year") is the New Year in Judaism.

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Saadia Gaon

Saʿadia ben Yosef Gaon (882/892 – 942) was a prominent rabbi, gaon, Jewish philosopher, and exegete who was active in the Abbasid Caliphate.

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Samson Raphael Hirsch

Samson Raphael Hirsch (June 20, 1808 – December 31, 1888) was a German Orthodox rabbi best known as the intellectual founder of the Torah im Derech Eretz school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism.

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Sanhedrin

The Sanhedrin (Hebrew and Middle Aramaic סַנְהֶדְרִין, a loanword from synedrion, 'assembly,' 'sitting together,' hence 'assembly' or 'council') was a legislative and judicial assembly of either 23 or 71 elders, existing at both a local and central level in the ancient Land of Israel.

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Saying

A saying is any concise expression that is especially memorable because of its meaning or style.

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Shabbat

Shabbat (or; Šabbāṯ) or the Sabbath, also called Shabbos by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday.

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Shabbat (Talmud)

Shabbat (שַׁבָּת, lit. "Sabbath") is the first tractate of Seder Moed ("Order of Appointed Times") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud. Pirkei Avot and Shabbat (Talmud) are Mishnah.

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Shavuot

Shavuot (from Weeks), or Shvues (in some Ashkenazi usage), is a Jewish holiday, one of the biblically ordained Three Pilgrimage Festivals.

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Shekhinah

Shekhinah is the English transliteration of a Hebrew word meaning "dwelling" or "settling" and denotes the presence of God in a place.

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Shema

Shema Yisrael (Shema Israel or Sh'ma Yisrael; שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל Šəmaʿ Yīsrāʾēl, "Hear, O Israel") is a Jewish prayer (known as the Shema) that serves as a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services.

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Shmuel ha-Katan

Shmuel ha-Katan (literally Samuel the Small, or Samuel the Lesser) was a Babylonian Jew considered a great early religious scholar.

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Shulchan Aruch

The Shulchan Aruch (שֻׁלְחָן עָרוּך, literally: "Set Table"), sometimes dubbed in English as the Code of Jewish Law, is the most widely consulted of the various legal codes in Judaism. Pirkei Avot and Shulchan Aruch are Sifrei Kodesh.

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Siddur

A siddur (סִדּוּר sīddūr,; plural siddurim סִדּוּרִים) is a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers. Pirkei Avot and siddur are Sifrei Kodesh.

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Simeon the Just

Simeon the Righteous or Simeon the Just (שִׁמְעוֹן הַצַּדִּיק Šimʿōn Haṣṣaddīq) was a Jewish High Priest during the Second Temple period.

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Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry

Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry (שמחה בן שמואל מויטרי; died 1105) was a French Talmudist of the 11th and 12th centuries, pupil of Rashi, and the compiler of Machzor Vitry.

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Solomon

Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.

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Talmud

The Talmud (תַּלְמוּד|Talmūḏ|teaching) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology. Pirkei Avot and Talmud are Mishnah and Sifrei Kodesh.

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Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University (TAU; אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, Universitat Tel Aviv, جامعة تل أبيب, Jami’at Tel Abib) is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Torah

The Torah (תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Pirkei Avot and Torah are Sifrei Kodesh.

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Torah im Derech Eretz

Torah im Derech Eretz (תורה עם דרך ארץ – Torah with "the way of the land"Rabbi Y. Goldson, Aish HaTorah) is a phrase common in Rabbinic literature referring to various aspects of one's interaction with the wider world.

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Torah study

Torah study is the study of the Torah, Hebrew Bible, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature, and similar works, all of which are Judaism's religious texts.

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Yehoash (poet)

Solomon Blumgarten (16 September 1872 – 10 January 1927), known by his pen name Yehoash, was a Yiddish poet, scholar, and translator.

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Yohanan ben Zakkai

Yohanan ben Zakkai (Yōḥānān ben Zakkaʾy; 1st century CE), sometimes abbreviated as for Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai, was a tanna, an important Jewish sage during the late Second Temple period during the transformative post-destruction era.

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Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller

Rabbi Gershon Shaul Yom-Tov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller (c. 157919 August 1654), was a Bohemian rabbi and Talmudist, best known for writing a commentary on the Mishnah called the Tosefet Yom-Tov (1614–1617).

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Yonah Gerondi

Jonah ben Abraham Gerondi (יוֹנָה בֶּן־אַבְרָהָם גִירוֹנְדִי|Yōnā bēn-ʾAvrāhām Gīrōndī|Jonah son of Abraham the Gironan; died 1264), also known as Jonah of Girona and Rabbeinu Yonah (רבינו יונה), was a Catalan rabbi and moralist, cousin of Nahmanides.

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Yose HaKohen

Rabbi Yose Hacohen (Jose ha-cohen, Yosei the priest) was a second-generation Tanna who lived at the end of the first century CE,, 5726 a student of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai.

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See also

Jewish ethics

• Biblical law
• Capital punishment in Judaism
• Changes to the Mosaic Law throughout history
• Chesed
• Feminist Jewish ethics
• Jewish business ethics
• Jewish ethics
• Jewish medical ethics
• Jewish vegetarianism
• Jewish views on love
• Jewish views on lying
• Jewish views on suicide
• Jill Jacobs (rabbi)
• Journal of Jewish Ethics
• Judaism and environmentalism
• Judaism and politics
• Judeo-Christian ethics
• Like sheep to the slaughter
• Magen Tzedek
• Musar literature
• Musar movement
• Nakam
• Outline of Jewish law
• Pirkei Avot
• Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy
• Repentance in Judaism
• Society of Jewish Ethics
• Ten Commandments
• The Bible and violence
• Torat Hamelekh
• Tza'ar ba'alei chayim

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirkei_Avot

Also known as Abot, Aboth, Avoth, Avoth (tractate), Chapters of the Fathers, Ethics Of The Fathers, Pirchei Avod, Pirke Abot, Pirke Aboth, Pirké Avot, Pirke Awot, Pirkei Abot, Pirkei Avos, Pirkei Avoth, Pirkei Ovos, Pirkey Avot, Pirkey Avoth, Pirḳe Abot, Sayings of the Fathers, פרקי אבות.

, Sanhedrin, Saying, Shabbat, Shabbat (Talmud), Shavuot, Shekhinah, Shema, Shmuel ha-Katan, Shulchan Aruch, Siddur, Simeon the Just, Simhah ben Samuel of Vitry, Solomon, Talmud, Tel Aviv University, Torah, Torah im Derech Eretz, Torah study, Yehoash (poet), Yohanan ben Zakkai, Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Yonah Gerondi, Yose HaKohen.