PIRKEI AVOT 4 – SHIMON HATZADDIK & THE THE 3 PILLARS OF THE WORLD
Rabbi Dunner introduces the second mishnah of the first chapter in Pirkei Avot.
Beginning with a background to Shimon Hatzadik, also known as “Simeon the Righteous” or “Simeon the Just”, Rabbi Dunner weaves the history of the early Second Temple period with the incredible teaching repeated in Shimon Hatzadik’s name in this foundational mishnah.
The world as we know it depends on three central themes, each of them as important as the other.
There is a particular kind of self-destructive confidence that exists only at the very top of a brutal regime. It isn’t courage, and it certainly isn’t principle. It’s raw hubris,... Read More