PIRKEI AVOT 32 – RESPONDING TO A HERETIC (VIDEO)
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) Socrates is supposed to have said: “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” And he didn’t just toss... Read More