The World Stands on Three Pillars- Ethics of Our Fathers (1:2) פּרקי אבות

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Aaron L Raskin’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] In ethics of our fathers chapter one Mishna number two it states that shimadices he was from the leftovers or the remnants of the men of the great assembly of the of the men of the great assembly of the 120 men of the great assembly that was assembled by Ezra Ezra the scribe. And he used to say the world stands upon three things on Torah study on a which is sacrifices and prayer and acts of kindness, random acts of goodness and kindness. and also charity and good deeds and gimm also alludes to the mitzvah in general. So shimadi says these three things the world stands upon three things the study of Torah prayer and good deeds. Learning this Mishna many questions come Learning this Mishna many questions come to mind. Number one, why do we call him Shim Hatadic, Shim the righteous? First of all, he was a cog. He was a high priest. Why don't we call him Shimo? Shim the high priest. Why simply Shimatic? Number two is we say that he was from the remnants of the great assembly. What's the point the mission is trying to tell us here? Thirdly, it says he used to say if we Thirdly, it says he used to say if we say obviously he used to say why furthermore he says three things. The world stands upon three things. Why do we need him to give us a number? He says the world stands upon Torah prayer and good deeds. Why the number three? And then he goes on to say specifically what is the meaning of Torah and what is the meaning of and what is the meaning

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