PIRKEI AVOT 32 – RESPONDING TO A HERETIC (PODCAST)
Rabbi Eleazar ben Arach was the most prominent disciple and student of Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai. In this mishna (Avot 2:14), Rabbi Eleazar ben Arach offers a three-pronged approach to Torah study that encapsulates the attitude of a true Torah scholar like him. Once again, essential advice from the source of Jewish ethics.
(For the SoundCloud audio, scroll down) In a letter dated November 1861, General George B. McClellan — newly appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as commander of the Union Army —... Read More