Regular
readers of Avot Today will know that, just under a year ago, Targum published my
book, Pirkei Avot: A Users’ Manual. I exercise great self-restraint in
not continually plugging it on the Avot Today blog and Facebook group, since I
believe that it would be counterproductive to do so and would alienate rather
than influence potential purchasers. Having said that, I do believe that the
book is worth a read. It is addressed to contemporary readers, it asks lots of
questions—some quite provocative—and is even occasionally fun. Pirkei Avot: A Users’ Manual does not
browbeat readers with heavy it seeks to get the reader to love Pirkei Avot and
to adopt it as a moral compass.
If you
would like to buy the book, it’s available on Amazon and, if you are in
Jerusalem, you can pick up a copy from Pomeranz Booksellers. Given its size (it
spans three volumes) and weight, it makes a most imposing barmitzvah or
batmitzvah present. If you don’t want to buy the book, no problem—you are
welcome to keep reading Avot Today for as long as you feel you are getting
something out of it.
