Rabbi Avraham Benhaim Overview of Pirkei Avot Part 1 2009 04 21

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The opening of this shiur, in Chacham Baruch Ben-Haim ztl’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

i do not know if we will be successful in what i am planning to do normally i would discuss the words of pirky avot in depth going through every phase of every word of every sentence because our sages said that the words of the torah and the teachings of our sages are extremely rich there's no there's no comparison with any other science in the world each word of the torah each sentence of the sages could be explored in depth and could be brought in many fashions in many ways it's very possible to state with one statement when we are surrounded with millions of statements and yet we could stick to one statement and go in depth into it no end for months there are some yeshiva that study one page of the talmud for six months imagine how much depth there is in the words of our sages of course this period between pesach and shavuot the sepharadiem have of co everybody knows that we have the tradition to read six chapters written long time ago by the sages of the mishnah and brought to the people of israel as a book of ethics the truth is that it consists of five chapters and the sixth chapter was added later on which comes not from the mishnah but rather from the brighthood and outside type of study of our sages that was added because we needed the sixth chapter so that we can have six weeks before uh pesach and this way we complete the whole book of pirkei about is a marvelous books which contains a treasury of thoughts and concepts of ethics musar and how that teach us how to be good human beings how to be good fellow jews and how to love our

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1. 0:00i do not know if we will be successful in what i am planning to do…
2. 6:24as long as we have that place which which means eternal life which means after this…
3. 12:50does whatever is requested from him to do and he has also his desires and temptations…
4. 19:18of wars that were extremely miraculously successful the jewish people were in their land and that…
5. 25:42great sages was necessary and 120 big rabbis of the greatest caliber of the jewish people…
6. 32:03i don't want to go again in those stories because i want to restrict myself to…
7. 38:20discussions the the arguments that are about each and every commandment of the torah and we…
8. 44:44there is no torah not even president obama will do anything he will not be here…
9. 51:08can read he can communicate with him and talk to him just by saying oh hashem…
10. 57:34don't be like the servants who serve their master for in exchange for a price for…

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