PIRKEI AVOT 3 – PATIENCE, STUDENTS AND FENCES
Completing the first Mishna of the first chapter of Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Dunner explores the wise trilogy of advice that originates with the very first masters of Jewish tradition: “Be patient in justice, raise many disciples, and make a fence around the Torah.”
What moral, ethical and religious secrets lie in this strange combination of instructions?
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