Life Lessons from Pirkei Avot (AI)

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

imagine someone on the street giving you advice you might think maybe they're biased who says this is good for me maybe they have their own interest in mind but when a father tells his son do this or that even if the son doesn't fully understand why he knows that if his father said it it must come from love and concern for his well-being that's why the tractate is called per aot ethics of the fathers to motivate people to take its teachings seriously these aren't just random instructions these aren't just random instructions their words of wisdom pass down from generation to generation for example in payot we find advice that might seem burdensome at first it says be light with the head and accommodating to youth what does light with the head mean if you have a boss at work don't clash with them be easygoing I've heard this from Young talented people several times every job I take they fire me after a month and they don't understand why they think they're cursed or under a spell

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1. 0:00imagine someone on the street giving you advice you might think maybe they're biased who says…
2. 0:31these aren't just random instructions their words of wisdom pass down from generation to generation for…
3. 1:02think they're cursed or under a spell but when you dig deeper into their behavior it…
4. 1:32particularly Direct Ed at older adults often when older people see younger individuals making mistakes it…
5. 2:04me it becomes easier to trust even if one's father wasn't Highly Educated or didn't give…

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