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Back to SearchThe Seven Keys to Wisdom (5:9)
What separates a wise person from someone who has to potential to be a wise person but has not actualized it? In the words of our Sages, such a perso…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Defanged Demons (5:8)
In the final installment of the series of Tens, our Mishnah reveals to us the ten things that were created at twilight of Friday during the week of G…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Concentric Realms of Holiness (5:7)
For 800+ years our nation had a Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple was a special place. It contained the vessels described in Scripture, it was the site…
9 months ago
Faith and Fear (5:6)
Fear of God and Faith in God are both laudable qualities worthy of great people. Both, of course, are mitzvos as well. Which one is loftier? At first…
9 months ago
Miracles at the Sea (5:5)
Ten is a very significant number in Jewish numerology and philosophy. The previous teachings in this chapter revolve around tens and the present Mish…
9 months, 1 week ago
Spiritual Epigenetics (5:4)
The story of our forefather Abraham is told in great detail in the Torah. We read about his challenges and triumphs, travails, and travels. The Mishn…
9 months, 1 week ago
Greedy When Others are Fearful (5:2-3)
Ten generations elapsed both from Adam to Noah and from Noah to Abraham. The trend over those generations was away from God and into idolatry. At the…
9 months, 1 week ago
Nuclear Football (5:1)
How important are we? Do we even matter? What difference does it make if I live of die? What difference can one person make in the grand scope of exi…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Life, Afterlife, and Judgment (4:29)
What happens after we die? That is a question that fascinates and terrifies us. The future is unknown. It is a mystery, shrouded in uncertainty and d…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Envy, Lust, and Honor (4:28)
This Mishnah is perhaps the most famous one in the entire Book of Pirkei Avos. We are told that there are three characteristics that remove a person …
9 months, 2 weeks ago