Pirke Avoth

American

[peer-ke ah-vawt, pir-key-aw-vohs] / pirˈkɛ ɑˈvɔt, ˈpɪr keɪˈɔ voʊs /

Or Pirke Avot,

noun

Judaism.

a treatise of the Mishnah that comprises six chapters and consists chiefly of proverbs, aphorisms, and principles of ethics, law, and religion.

Hebrew pirqē ābhōth chapters of the fathers

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