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Character as the Center of Gravity

For most, breaking middot is a lifetime of work that never stops.

Character as the Center of Gravity

The Daily Portion / Our return to Pirkei Avot

Prikei Avot is a text about values and part of the Talmud. No matter how many times it is read, there is always something new to learn.

The Daily Portion / Our return to Pirkei Avot

Encouraging Jews to connect to their Judaism

The key may lie in a quote from the ancient text Pirkei Avot/“Ethics of the Fathers.” Op-ed.

Encouraging Jews to connect to their Judaism

White House advisor sworn in on Jewish book

White House science advisor Eric Lander sworn in on Pirkei Avot published in 1492.

White House advisor sworn in on Jewish book

Ask the Rabbi: Where did the term 'wandering Jew' originate?

Short topics in Judaism: Wandering Jew, Pirkei Avot, Elul

Ask the Rabbi: Where did the term 'wandering Jew' originate?

Shlach: When did an entire nation suffer from low self-esteem?

The great medieval commentator Ibn Ezra says that the entire nation of Israel carried with them through the wilderness a slave mentality.

Shlach: When did an entire nation suffer from low self-esteem?

Socialist Candidate's Wife Quotes Jewish Sage

Democratic presidential candidate showing Clinton up recently; wife paraphrases Hillel: 'if not now, when? If not him, who?'

Socialist Candidate's Wife Quotes Jewish Sage