C.+Pirkei+Avot

Pirkei Avot Studies
//Pirkei Avot// (literally, "Chapters of the Fathers," but generally translated as "Ethics of Our Fathers") is one of the best-known and most-cited of Jewish texts. It is one of the 63 tractates of the Mishna. You will see below that //Pirkei Avot// is found in the Order נזיקין/Damages. It is tractate #39 of the total 63. Some of the most famous Jewish quotations, such as "If I am only for myself, what am I? (1:14)" and "Say little and do much (1:15)" come from //Pirkei Avot//. Popular Hebrew songs take as their lyrics lines such as "The world stands on thee things: Torah, service, and acts of loving kindness (1:2)" and "You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it (2:21)." //Pirkei Avot// is so popular that many //siddurim// include its full text. In many communities, it is customary to read a section of //Pirkei Avot// every Shabbat afternoon.



Last year, we began our studies of //Pirkei Avot// in chapter 1, which we will continue and complete in Grade 6. We will then begin our studies of Chapter 2.

The on-line versions of our //Pirkei Avot// packets are available to be opened below.

=Masters over Torah Teaching=
 * Click on the PDF to open the Chapter 1 Packet || [[file:Pirkei Avot Chapter 1.pdf]] ||
 * Click on the PDF to open the Chapter 2 Packet || [[file:Pirkei Avot Chapter 2.pdf]] ||
 * ==="הר סיני"===

אנשי כנסת הגדולה
|| ===משנה א=== ||
 * ===שמעון הצדיק=== || ===משנה ב=== ||
 * ===אנטיגנוס איש סוכו=== || ===משנה ג=== ||
 * ===יוסי בן יועזר + יוסי בן יוחנן=== || ===משנה ד + ה=== ||
 * ===יהושע בן פרחיא + נתאי הארבלי=== || ===משנה ו + ז=== ||
 * || ===משנה ח + ט=== ||
 * || ===משנה י + יא=== ||
 * || ===משנה יב - טו=== ||
 * || ===משנה טז=== ||
 * || ===משנה יז + יח=== ||