PIRKEI AVOT 16 – NO TIME FOR INDECISION (VIDEO)
Rabbi Dunner continues with Mishna 16 in the first chapter of Pirkei Avot, discussing the great Rabban Gamliel, who advocates decisiveness and clarity, even if it occasionally leads to mistakes.
In Mishna 17, his son Rabbi Shimon notes the importance of silence and circumspection, adding that ultimately “actions speak louder than words”.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) Arnold Toynbee, the great twentieth-century historian, devoted his life to studying civilizations — how they rise, how they flourish, and then, inevitably, how they... Read More