In case you missed them, here's a list of items posted on Avot Today in November 2021:
Tuesday 30 November 2021: Festive feasts and divine retribution. As Jews throughout the world celebrate Chanukah by eating doughnuts, we take a look at Rabbi Akiva's surprising reference to a feast at the end of a long mishnah (3:20) dealing with paying God back what one owes Him.
Monday 22 November 2021: Going, going ... gone! Why Jewish tradition identifies so many different shades of old age.
Sunday 7 November 2021: Growing up to be a man -- of sorts. The fact that Avot doesn't make many explicit references to the bar mitzvah doesn't mean that it has nothing to say about the responsibilities of coming of age.
Monday 1 November 2021: A hard life and a hidden patriarch: Can the baraita at Avot 6:4 be concealing an allusion to Jacob?
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Avot Today blogposts for October 2021 here
Avot Today blogposts for September 2021 here
Avot Today blogposts for August 2021 here
Avot Today blogposts for July 2021 here
Avot Today blogposts for June 2021 here
Avot Today blogposts for May 2021 here
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