The conception that in religious matters anyone, however ignorant, can judge for himself, is the direct denial of the old Jewish maxim, ‘ The ignorant cannot be pious ’ ( Avot 2: 5 )… The majority vote of a Board of Directors of a synagogue is, after all, a negligible quantity when it is in opposition to the vote of historical Judaism with its myriad of Saints and thousands of Sages … The sorting, distributing, selecting, harmonizing and completing can only be done by experienced hands.

This approach to good deeds finds its roots in Jewish religious views, summarized in Pirkei Avot by Shimon Hatzaddik's " three pillars ":

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# Avot ( אבות, Fathers ) is a collection of the Sages ' favourite ethical maxims.

Avot is probably placed next to counteract the negativity of the laws of Avodah Zarah and to relate maxims of the Sages, an essential aspect of whose teaching was to counteract idolatry.

** Pirke Avot: Timeless Wisdom for Modern Life Comparison of the views of the Sages and their rivals in modern times.

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The term " gemara " for the activity of study is far older than its use as a description of any text: thus Pirke Avot ( Ch. 5 ), a work long preceding the recording of the Talmud, recommends starting " Mishnah " at the age of 10 and " Gemara " at the age of 15.

* According to R. Meir, when one studies Torah for its own sake ( Torah Lishma-תורה לשמה ) the creation of entire world is worthwhile for him alone, and he brings joy to G-d ( Avot 6: 1 ).

In Avot, Hillel stated " If I am not for myself, who will be?

" The third part contains the admonition to postpone no duty, the same admonition he gave with reference to study ( Avot 2: 4 ): " Say not, ' When I have free time I shall study '; for you may perhaps never have any free time.

The feeling of love for one's neighbor shows itself also in his exhortation ( Avot ii.

There is both a Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmud to each of the tractates except for Eduyot and Avot.

* Batei Avot — sheltered accommodation established by Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman for children rescued form the holocaust, orphans and children from broken homes donated by Henry Krausher.

Rabbi Shimon ben Tzemach Duran ( Spain, North Africa 14th-15th century ) delineated the significance of this mishnah: “ Anyone who establishes a friendship for access to power, money, or sexual relations ; when these ends are not attainable, the friendship ceases … love that is not dependent on selfish ends is true love of the other person since there is no intended end .” ( Magen Avot – abridged and adapted translation )

The post-Talmudic work Avot de-Rabbi Natan gives the following origin of the schism between Sadducees and Boethusians: Antigonus of Sokho having taught the maxim, " Be not like the servants who serve their masters for the sake of the wages, but be rather like those who serve without thought of receiving wages ", his two pupils, Zadok and Boethus, repeated this maxim to their pupils.

R ' Nachman Krochmal in Guide to the perplexed of our times ( Hebrew, 1851 ) points to the Greek name Antigonos mentioned in the beginning of Avot as proof that there must have been a longer period to account for this sign of Hellenic influence.

Rabbi, states " Whatever you hate to have done unto you, do not do to your neighbor ; wherefore do not hurt him ; do not speak ill of him ; do not reveal his secrets to others ; let his honor and his property be as dear to thee as thine own " ( Midrash Avot deRabbi Natan.

It begins with an order of transmission of the Oral Tradition ; Moses receives the Torah at Mount Sinai and then transmits it through various generations ( including Joshua, the Elders, and the Neviim, but notably not the Kohanim ), whence it finally arrives at the Great Assembly, i. e., the Rabbis ( Avot 1: 1 ).

This is codified in the Mishna Avot 4: 29, the Babylonian Talmud in tractates Avodah Zarah 10b, and Ketubot 111b, and in Maimonides's 12th century law code, the Mishneh Torah, in Hilkhot Melachim ( Laws of Kings ) 8. 11.

* the Jews as Eretz Ha ' Avot ()-the literal translation is " Land of the Forefathers "

" In Pirkei Avot ( Ethics of the Fathers ), it is said that " One hour of penitence and good deeds in this world is better than all the life of the world to come ; but one hour of spiritual repose in the world to come is better than all the life of this world ," reflecting both a view of the significance of life on Earth and the spiritual repose granted to the righteous in the next world.

Influenced by the teaching of Rabbi Nissim of Gerona, via Ephraim Vidal's Yeshiva in Majorca, Duran's commentary Magen Avot (" The Shield of the Fathers "), which influenced Joseph Albo, is important.

The best known rabbinic text associated with ethics is the non-legal Mishnah tractate of Avot, popularly translated as Ethics of the Fathers.

: " who does not serve the wise and learn " is worthy of death ; whoever makes use of the crown perishes " ( Avot.

The best known rabbinic text associated with ethics is the non-legal Mishnah tractate of Avot (“ forefathers ”), popularly translated as “ Ethics of the Fathers ”.

He likewise wrote a commentary on the Abot de-Rabbi Natan, entitled Magen Avot, which is still extant in manuscript.

Pirkei Avot (), also pronounced Pirkei Avoth, or Pirkei Avos, which translates to English as Chapters of the Fathers is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims of the Rabbis of the Mishnaic period.

Pirkei Avot is unique in that it is the only tractate of the Talmud dealing solely with ethical and moral principles ; there is little or no halacha found in Pirkei Avot.

The Mishna in the beginning of Avot and ( in more detail ) Maimonides in his Introduction to Mishneh Torah records a chain of tradition ( mesorah ) from Moses at Mount Sinai down to R ' Ashi, redactor of the Talmud and last of the Amoraim.

Magen Avot deals with concepts such as the nature of haShem, the eternity of the Torah, the coming of the Messiah, and the Resurrection of the dead.

Simon the Just taught: " The world rests upon three things: Torah, service to God, and showing loving-kindness ( chesed )" ( Pirkei Avot 1: 2 ).

The only saying of his recorded in the Mishnah is his praise of education: " Learning Torah as a child is like writing on fresh paper, but learning Torah in old age is like writing on paper that has been erased " ( Avot 4: 25 ).

The tannaic rabbi Simon the Just taught: " The world rests upon three things: Torah, service to God, and bestowing kindness " ( Pirkei Avot 1: 2 ).

Instances where rabbinic writings say that God made miracles a part of creation include Midrash Genesis Rabbah 5: 45 ; Midrash Exodus Rabbah 21: 6 ; and Ethics of the Fathers / Pirkei Avot 5: 6.

Nonetheless in the Talmud ; Pirkei Avot ( 5: 25 ), Rabbi Yehuda ben Teime gives the age of 18 as the appropriate age to get married.

" ( Talmud, tracate Shabbat 31a ; Midrash Avot de Rabbi Natan.

Yosef has printed a commentary on the Mishnah tractate Pirkei Avot (" Ethics of the Fathers ") under the title, Anaf Etz Avot ; and Maor Israel, a commentary on various parts of the Talmud.

" Be indulgent with the hoary head ;" he would say, " and be kind to the black-haired young ; and meet every man with a friendly mien " ( Avot, iii.

Pharisaic wisdom was compiled in one book of the Mishna, Pirke Avot.

A maxim in Pirkei Avot advocates its study from the age of 15.

# Known as Avot (" Ancestors ") this prayer offers praise of God as the God of the Biblical patriarchs, " God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob.

The worshipper bows at four points in the Amidah: at the beginning and end of both the first blessing of Avot and the second to last blessing of Hoda ' ah.

At the opening words of Avot and at the conclusion of both these blessings, when the one says " Blessed are You, O Lord ," one bends one's knees at " Blessed ," then bows at " are You ," and straightens while saying " O Lord.

Breslov Pirkey Avot.

This narrative has the same points as the epigrammatic group of Hillel's sayings ( Avot.