A series on Pirkei Avos
"The Weekly Avos" is a learning series, not a person, and its name points to a long-standing Jewish custom. Pirkei Avos — the tractate of the mishnah devoted to ethics and character — is traditionally learned one chapter each week over the Shabbos afternoons between Pesach and the summer. This series follows that rhythm, taking listeners through Avos in step with the calendar.
Framing it as a series matters, because the value is in the guided weekly pace rather than in any single speaker's biography. A family can fold it into the same cycle their community already follows, so the learning arrives right when the perek is being studied.
Ethics from the mishnah, one week at a time
Pirkei Avos is unlike most of the mishnah: instead of laws, it collects the wisdom and character teachings of the Sages — how to treat others, how to approach learning, how to build a life of integrity. A series that moves through it slowly, a chapter a week, gives each teaching room to breathe and to be considered rather than rushed past.
That measured pace is well suited to the material. These are mishnayos meant to be turned over and lived with, not merely covered. Taken week by week, the series becomes a steady companion through the season, offering a small piece of mussar to carry into each new week.
Mussar you can carry into the week
One advantage of learning Pirkei Avos a chapter at a time is that its teachings are short enough to carry. A single mishnah on humility, on friendship, or on the value of learning can be held in mind across the days that follow, quietly shaping how a person acts rather than staying on the page.
That portability suits family life. A teaching from the week's perek can surface at the table or in a passing conversation, giving parents and children a shared piece of wisdom to think about together. Followed through the season, a weekly Avos series becomes a gentle, ongoing source of middos for the whole household.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
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If your family enjoys learning Pirkei Avos, search FilteredTube for the speakers and topics that matter most to you. With a daf yomi shelf, a weekly parsha shelf, topic shelves, audio-only listening for the car, and a kids mode with a PIN, kosher Jewish video is easy to reach — and the approved catalog keeps growing every day.
At a glance
Key takeaways
- "The Weekly Avos" is a series on Pirkei Avos, not the name of a person.
- It follows the custom of learning one chapter of Avos each week.
- Pirkei Avos collects the Sages' teachings on ethics and character, not laws.
- The weekly pace lets each teaching be considered rather than rushed.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.