Avot in Retrospect: a summary of last month's blogposts

In case you missed them, here's a list of items posted on Avot Today in June 2021:

Monday 28 June 2021: Pinchas and Moshe: thinking, fast and slow. When it comes to decision-making, two major biblical figures clearly have different approaches, with repercussions for how we understand Avot.

Wednesday 23 June 2021: Pirkei Avot and Pirates of the Caribbean. A popular movie reflects the critical difference between mitzvot and middot.

Sunday 20 June 2021: Minding our language. Some teachers of Torah and other subjects are squeamish about mentioning certain body-parts and bodily functions. Is this an issue?

Monday 14 June 2021: Letting others be heard. The dreadful behaviour of some of Israel's elected parliamentarians falls foul of Avot's "golem" test.

Sunday 13 June 2021: When values shine through: Pirkei Avot from an unexpected source.  A non-rabbinical speaker at Jerusalem's Hanassi synagogue has plainly imbibed its value system.

Sunday 6 June 2021: Leadership challenges and failure at the highest level: a matter of honour. What does Korach's rebellion against Moses have to do with Pirkei Avot?

Sunday 6 June 2021: "If not now, when?" Justice through the prism of Pirkei Avot:  A note on an imaginative cultural event.

Friday 4 June 2021: Binary choices and missing metaphors: a look at how language is used in Jewish learning, asking why the popular "light-versus-dark" metaphor does not appear in Avot.

Wednesday 2 June 2021: Wise after the event: who is a Chacham? If the "right" answer is "the person who learns from everyone", why was Alexander of Macedon given a quite different answer in the Talmud? 

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Avot Today blogposts for May 2021 here

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Avot Today blogposts for December 2020 here