Friday 23 December 2022: The voice within. Rabbi Elazar ben Arach teaches the importance of knowing how to respond to a heretic -- but is the real threat the voice of one's own thoughts?
Monday 19 December 2022: A seasonal reading suggestion. Don't let your copy of Pirkei Avot hibernate: it's just as relevant in the winter as it is during the summer season.
Friday 16 December 2022: Doing something wrong? Then go with the flow. Can one make a valid distinction between normative and non-normative sin?
Monday 12 December 2022: Keeping the kernel, discarding the peel. Rabbi Meir was allowed to learn Torah from an apostate. Is this a precedent for us all or is a one-off?
Tuesday 6 December 2022: Good eye, good heart. The Hebrew terms ayin tovah and lev tov in Avot 2:13 demand explanation as much as translation. What are they about?
Monday 5 December 2022: Finding that right elusive path. At Avot 2:13, five distinguished Torah scholars answer the question "what is the good path for a person to follow?" Each gives a different answer -- but none suggests the path of learning Torah. Why?
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