Category: Pirkei Avot

By Rabbi David Weissman The First Chapter, Second Mishna of Pirkei Avot states: Shimon the Righteous was one of the remnants of the Great Assembly. He used to say: the world stands upon three...

By Rabbi David Weissman In Pirkei Avot, (5th Chapter), we are told that: There were 10 generations from Adam until Noah. To show how much patience exists before Him, for all those generations increasingly...

By Rabbi David Weissman The first Mishna in Pirkei Avot ends with the teaching of the Men of the Great Assembly, which included the prophets Haggai, Zakariah, and Malachi. It states as follows: “They...