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.
  1. 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

1
Hebrew pirqē ābhōth chapters of the fathers
  • Also called Ethics of the Fathers.

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