PIRKEI AVOT 23 – AVOID BEING A VOID
More wisdom from Hillel the Elder, who charts the baseline of what one needs to do to become of student of Torah — don’t be a “boor”, he says, because a “boor” will never fear sin.
In this Pirkei Avot shiur, Rabbi Dunner defines “boor” and explains why getting to first base requires devoted and focused effort.
(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