Tuesday 22 February 2022: Worrying about the cure for worry? Hillel teaches, "the more the wealth, the more the worry" (Avot 2:8). Is there a degree of circularity in this simple proposition?
Sunday 20 February 2022: Priestly blessings and an excess of piety: Hillel teaches (Avot 2:6) that an am ha'aretz cannot be a chasid. The Pele Yo'etz gives a practical example.
Friday 18 February 2022: The tablets of stone and the invention of literacy: Avot 5:8 talks of ten items that were created just before the onset of the first Sabbath. Three are to do with writing.
Wednesday 16 February 2022: A graphic account of Jewish ethics: Jessica Tamar Deutsch's illustrated version of Pirkei Avot has only now caught this blog's attention. What's it really like?
Monday 14 February 2022: Torah learning a tale of pigs and rings: We investigate the meaning of the word nazuf in Avot 6:2 and review an apparent double-metaphor involving beautiful women, pigs and rings.
Friday 11 February 2022: Kohanim, Clothes and the Worth of a Good Name: Avot 4:17 refers to three crowns -- or is it four? Can they be made to relate to the priestly garments detailed in the Torah?
Wednesday 9 February 2022: A name made great...: The sad tale of Eric Lander's tenure as head of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Thursday 3 February 2022: What the blazes! The fox, the scorpion and the snake: We look behind Rabbi Eliezer's teaching about respecting the words of the wise and consider his choice of metaphor.
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