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The six chapters of Avot, a tractate of Mishnayot.
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Shammai - receive everyone with a pleasant countenance
This discrepancy is addressed in the footnotes of the collected lectures of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Likutei Sichos Vol. 17 p. 114 note 37
ועד"ז יש לבאר במאמר שמאי אבות פ"א מט"ו הוי מקבל את כל האדם …
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Does Pirkei Avot establish we can find morality separately from the law?
The Talmud in Rosh Hashanah (4a) cites the following beraita:
האומר סלע זו לצדקה בשביל שיחיו בני ובשביל שאזכה בה לחיי העולם הבא הרי זה צדיק גמור
‘If a man says, I offer this sela’ for charity …
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Why was Shimon Hatzadik so-called?
R. Shimon ben Tzemach in his commentary thereto writes:
ולא נתפרש בשום מקום למה נתייחס בשם צדיק יותר משאר התנאים כי כולם היו צדיקים ונראה כי כך היו קוראים אותו כל העם כי בדורו לא היה צדיק יותר ממנו
A …
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Pirkei Avos cycle reason
One explanation is that it was a response to Islamic historical accounts of transmission of tradition. As Alexander Guttman writes in "Tractate Abot: Its Place in Rabbinic Literature" (p. 190-191) wit …
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What does Avot 6:6 mean when it invokes redemption?
In Olamo Shel Abba, the following is quoted (p. 501) from R. Shmelke of Nickolsburg:
אלמלי משמרין ישראל שתי שבתות כהלכתן מיד נגאלין (שבת קי"ח) היה אומר הגאון רבי
שמעלקא מניקלושבורג זצ"ל לפרש כי …
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Avos vs. the Hagada on plague counts
The opinion in Avos is fundamentally different from those in the Haggada. The opinion in Avos is simply stating that 10 things happened in Egypt and 10 things happened by the sea. The opinions in the …
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Linking two sources on Ben Zoma and richness
R. Pesachya Menkin appears to link the two statements in his commentary to the mishnah in Avot.
He explains the statement in Berachot as commenting on the fact that so much work has to go into every …
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Acquiring Torah without Subvocalization
As enumerated in Hilchot Talmud Torah (1:12), only a small portion of your Torah learning time need involve reading:
כיצד היה בעל אומנות והיה עוסק במלאכתו שלש שעות ביום ובתורה תשע אותן התשע קורא בשלש …
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Why honor someone who teaches one thing? Say dayo lihyos k'Achisofel!
The Midrash Shmuel in his commentary there raises the possibility (but acknowledges that it is forced) that this Beraisa follows the opinion of R. Tarfon who allows a kal vachomer even when it is "day …
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Is serving Hashem in order to receive reward in Olam Habah ideal?
As I pointed out here, the Rambam you cite as being against worship for the sake of Olam Haba is contradicted by what he writes in several other places, including the immediately preceding halacha.
H …
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Is serving Hashem in order to receive reward in Olam Habah ideal?
My answer which addresses the specific nature of this particular question notwithstanding, the easiest way to answer general questions of this type is to cite the statement of Meiri in his commentary …
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How are we supposed to interpret "Derech eretz kadma l'Torah"?
R. Yaakov Kamenetzky explains this Midrash in his commentary to Parshat Lech Lecha, and he cites it as "derech eretz kadma laTorah". He discusses there why Avraham had to go rescue Lot. He writes that …
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Mouth of the donkey ("פִי הָאָתוֹן"): how can the Rambam seem to contradict the mishnah in P...
Like Rambam, Ralbag also maintains that this incident did not occur in real life, and he explicitly discusses the view of the Sages:
והנה דעת רבותינו ז”ל הוא שזה הענין היה כפשוטו ולזה אמרו שפי האת …
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What are the "major" and "minor" commandments?
R. Chaim of Volozhin in his commentary to Avot 2:1 offers various explanations that still uphold the idea that some commandments are definitely superior to others.
The reward for any mitzvah is so g …
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