PIRKEI AVOT 29 – AN EVIL EYE (PODCAST)
Rabbi Dunner continues with the ethical guidance offered by the students of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai in Pirkei Avot. In this mishna (Avot 2:11), Rabbi Yehoshua warns of three character traits that will “remove a person from the world — an evil eye, an evil inclination, and hating other people.”
Rabbi Dunner explains exactly what he means, and reveals why this advice is specifically aimed at people whose mitzva observance is superlative in every respect.
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