Pirke Avot or Pirkei Avot - in English 'Chapters of the Fathers' - is a collection of sayings and aphorisms dating from antiquity which teach the ethics and morality of. Aristotle's ethics are the most important in the history of Western philosophy, but little has been said about the reception of his ethics by his many successors.
The present volume offers thirteen newly commissioned essays covering figures and periods from the ancient world, starting with the impact of the ethics. Jessica Deutsch is a New York based artist. She loves sharing her passion for Jewish spirituality through creative practices. Deutsch has worked with the New Shul, and was an artist in residence at the.
Avos is a book 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. This volume presents a new translation and concise commentary on Avos, and contains an Overview that. This very readable commentary on Pirke Avot makes a classic Jewish text available to all.
Pirkei Avot Ethics of the Fathers Chapter 2. Talmudic Images by Adin Steinsaltz. Pirkei Avot by Rabbi Dr. For the Pharisees, it was more spiritual-ritual, less shackled by the literal meaning, sensitive to the Jewish diaspora and its links to Eretz-Israel; Sadducee interpretation was more legalistic, sensitive to the literal meaning, considerate of the full or partial sovereignty of the Jews in their land.
It can be assumed that both had some written documents. At its origin, the Oral Law was disseminated orally, and was put in writing only for private purposes. Later its writing was authorized in order to avoid it from being forgotten. This is mainly a treasure trove of interpretations, homiletic exegesis Midrash , and Jewish Law Halacha all stored in the Mishna and Talmud.
One may only find solace in the uploading of the extensive rabbinical exegesis literature to the Internet, and in the refinement of the search engines.
It is customary to distinguish in the Torah, between narratives and those sections dealing with laws and commandments; and in the Oral Law, between lore and legal sections.
If the Torah is God given, is literally the Word of God, then it foresaw everything, considered everything, referred to everything. Its disciple feels that the Torah has seventy faces, and by a scholastic effort one may discover one of its hidden faces, thus receiving an answer to his personal question.
Creative Philology One cannot avoid being excited by the sophistication of the early exegetes. This was a rather free interpretation, not too considerate of the literal meaning. Our sages of Blessed Memory, deconstructed the text arbitrarily, breaking all rules, and reconstructed it according to their circumstances.
They were neither deterred by Talmudical Hermeneutics, nor by miracles or divine voices, but felt free to employ constructive interpretations, circumventing the text and changing its meaning. They used to attribute their innovations to Moses, as told in the following Midrash: Rab Judah said in the name of Rab, When Moses ascended on high he found the Holy One, blessed be He, engaged in affixing coronets to the letters. Our sages of Blessed Memory knew what they were doing while disrupting the text.
The sixth chapter of Pirkei Avot is certainly not original to the work, but probably was added in late antiquity or at the beginning of the Middle Ages , when it became customary to read one chapter of Pirkei Avot on each Shabbat between Passover and Shavuot.
Since there are six Shabbatot between Passover and Shavuot, it was necessary to add a sixth chapter to the text. 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. Jewish Texts. This almost 2,year-old text flies under the radar -- but it's immensely important to Jewish life. 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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