Question: I have two questions regarding Pirkei Avot. First, is there a specific reason that the last chapter is read on the Sabbath before Shavuot, or is this just a quirk of the calendar? Second, in that last chapter we find a list of qualities that enable one to acquire Torah knowledge, including anavah, humility. I find this difficult to believe in light of the Gemara in Gittin that chastises one of the scholars for his anavah, saying that it ultimately caused the destruction of the Beit Hamikdash. Zvi Kirschner (Via E-Mail) ------------ Rabbi Yaakov Klass has published Q & A: Pirkei Avot (Part II) on JewishPress. jewishpress/judaism/ask-the-rabbi/q-a-pirkei-avot-part-ii/2014/05/01/
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 20:01:59 +0000