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    Pirkei Avot (Hebrew: פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת, romanized: pirqē aḇoṯ, lit. 'Chapters of the [Fore]fathers'; also transliterated as Pirqei Avoth or Pirkei Avos or...
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    technically designated as a homiletical exposition of the Mishnaic tractate Pirkei Avot, having for its foundation an older recension of that tractate. It also...
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    corresponds exactly to the traits described in Pirkei Avot as "removing one from the world." See Pirkei Avot 2:11, 3:10, 4:21 and the Vilna Gaon's commentary...
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  • is used thirteen times, the majority of which being in the Tractate Pirkei Avot. The Hebrew word Ḥasīd appears for the first time in the Torah (Deuteronomy...
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    OCLC 59999963. Tanhuma Vaera 8, ed. Buber. Pirkei Avot 5:9. Mekhilta, Beshallaḥ, ed. Weiss, 4:60 (on Exodus 16:33). Pirkei deRabbi Eliezer 40; Sefer ha-Yashar;...
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    completion, the Talmud became integral to Jewish scholarship. A maxim in Pirkei Avot advocates its study from the age of 15. This section outlines some of...
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    2007. Machzor Vitri on Pirkei Avot, also found at Machzor Vitry מחזור ויטרי (in Hebrew). p. 549. Retrieved March 7, 2018. Pirkei Avot 5:21 Olitsky, Kerry...
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  • Standard Bible Encyclopedia -". StudyLight.org. Retrieved 2023-12-05. "Pirkei Avot 3:2". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 2023-12-05. "Pentateuchal Targumim"...
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  • the phrase exist. Mentions of justice delayed and denied are found in Pirkei Avot: "Our Rabbis taught: ...The sword comes into the world, because of justice...
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  • their side. צָדוֹק Newman, p. 76 Abraham Geiger, Urschrift, pp. 20– Pirkei Avot 1:3 Avot of Rabbi Natan 5:2  This article incorporates text from a publication...
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