Pirke Avoth
or Pir·ke A·vot, Pir·ke A·both, Pir·ke A·bot
[ Sephardic Hebrew peer-keah-vawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew pir-key-aw-vohs ]
nounJudaism.
a treatise of the Mishnah that comprises six chapters and consists chiefly of proverbs, aphorisms, and principles of ethics, law, and religion.
Origin of Pirke Avoth
1Hebrew pirqē ābhōth chapters of the fathers
- Also called Ethics of the Fathers.
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