Pirkei Avot

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Jewish ethical text Mishnah tractate rabbinic literature

Pirkei Avot is a tractate of the Mishnah composed of ethical teachings and maxims of the early rabbinic sages, focusing on moral conduct, character development, and interpersonal responsibility.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Mishnah Avot 1
Mishnah tractate Avot 1
Pirkei Avot 4:12 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish ethical text ⓘ
Mishnah tractate ⓘ
rabbinic literature ⓘ
attributedTo Tannaim NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsSayingOf Hillel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabban Gamliel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabbi Akiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabbi Tarfon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shammai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shimon the Righteous NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn Torah study ⓘ
character development ⓘ
humility ⓘ
interpersonal responsibility ⓘ
justice ⓘ
moral conduct ⓘ
piety ⓘ
proper speech ⓘ
genre ethical teachings ⓘ
maxims ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Avot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ethics of the Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChapter Chapter 1 ⓘ
Chapter 2 ⓘ
Chapter 3 ⓘ
Chapter 4 ⓘ
Chapter 5 ⓘ
Chapter 6 ⓘ
hasCommentaryTradition medieval Jewish commentators ⓘ
modern Jewish commentators ⓘ
influenced Jewish ethics ⓘ
Musar literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyTeaching “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I?” ⓘ
“Judge every person favorably” ⓘ
“Say little and do much” ⓘ
“The reward is according to the effort” ⓘ
“The world stands on three things: on Torah, on service, and on acts of kindness” ⓘ
“Who is honored? One who honors others” ⓘ
“Who is rich? One who is happy with his lot” ⓘ
“Who is wise? One who learns from every person” ⓘ
language Mishnaic Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ
liturgicalSeason between Passover and Shavuot in many customs ⓘ
liturgicalUse read on Shabbat afternoons in many communities ⓘ
numberOfChapters 5 ⓘ
6 ⓘ
openingTheme transmission of the Oral Torah from Sinai ⓘ
partOf Mishnah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seder Nezikin NERFINISHED ⓘ
period Mishnaic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure chapters ⓘ
tradition Rabbinic Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seder Nezikin → containsNonLegalMaterial → Pirkei Avot ⓘ
Zugot → sourceMention → Pirkei Avot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mishnah Avot
Rabbi Eliezer ben Shammua → sourceOfTeaching → Pirkei Avot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pirkei Avot 4:12
Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus → legalOpinionsRecordedIn → Pirkei Avot ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mishnah tractate Avot
Rabbi Tarfon → associatedWithText → Pirkei Avot ⓘ