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Daily Mishna by Jack Doueck — 195 episodes
Pirkei Abot 6.11 - Everything We Do Should be "Leshem Shamayim"
Pirkei Abot 6.10 - The Five Principles of a Good Life
Pirkei Abot 6.9 - How to implement Mishnah 4.14
Pirkei Abot 6.8 - Seven or Eight Things That are Great for Righteous People and For the World
Pirkei Abot 6.7 - The Benefits of Learning Torah
Pirkei Abot 6.6 - Twenty-four Ways to Make the Torah Endure
Pirkei Abot 6.5 - Forty Eight Ways to Acquire Wisdom
Pirkei Abot 6.4 - A Compendium of Previous Mishnayot
Pirkei Abot 6.3 - The Importance of Showing Respect for All People
Pirkei Abot 6.2 - The concept of a “bat kol” and the Benefits of Torah Learning
Pirkei Abot 6.1. - The Blessings of Learning Torah "Lishmah"
Pirkei Abot 5.23. - According to the Effort and Pain is the Reward!
Pirkei Abot 5.22 - Advice on Learning Torah
Pirkei Abot 5.21 - Chronology of a Human Being
Pirkei Abot 5.20 - Bold as a Leopard, Light as an Eagle, Swift as a Deer Mighty as a lion. …
Pirkei Abot 5.19 - Three Attributes of Abraham (and Vice Versa for Bila'am).
Pirkei abot 5.18 - The Concept of “Mezakeh et Harabim”
Pirkei Abot 5.17 - Proper and Improper Argument
Pirkei Abot 5.16 - True Unconditional Love
Pirkei Abot 5.15 - Four Kinds of Students
Pirkei Abot 5.14 - Four Attitudes Toward Study and the Bet Midrash
Pirkei Abot 5.13 - Four Attitudes on Giving Charity
Pirkei Abot 5.12 - Four Types of Students
Pirkei Abot 5.11 - Four Dispositions (Stay away from anger!)
Pirkei Abot 5.10 - Four World Views
Pirkei Abot 5.8 - The Importance of Charity and Good Leadership
Pirkei Abot 5.9 - Divine Providence, Karma and the Importance of Taking Care of the Poor
Pirkei Abot 5.7 - Seven Qualities of a "Hacham"
Pirkei Abot 5.6 - Ten Things Were Created on the First Friday
Pirkei Abot 5.5 - Ten Miracles in the Temple and in Jerusalem Showing God’s Kindness
Pirkei Abot 5.4 - Ten Miracles, Ten Plagues, Ten Tests of God’s Patience
Pirkei Abot 5.3 - Abraham Overcoming Adversity With Faith and Optimism
Pirkei Abot 5.2 - Ten Generations of Tolerance and Mercy
Pirkei Abot 5.1 - Ten Sayings to Create the World
Pirkei Abot 4.22 - Making the Best of the Hand We are Dealt.
Pirkei Abot 4.21 - Jealousy, Lust and Honor Remove Us from the World
Pirkei Abot 4.20 - Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover!
Pirkei Abot 4.19 - Never Rejoice When Your Enemy Falls
Pirkei Abot 4.18 - Give People Their Space!
Pirkei Abot 4.17 - One Hour in This World vs. One Hour in the Next!
Pirkei Abot 4.16 - This World and the Next World
Pirkei Abot 4.15 - Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?
Pirkei Abot 4.14 - The Importance of Group Learning
Pirkei Abot 4.13 - The Three Crowns are Surpassed by a Good Reputation
Pirkei Abot 4.12 - The Importance of Respecting Everyone
Pirkei Abot 4.11 - Every Deed We Do - Counts!
Pirkei Abot 4.10 - Rabbi Meir's Advice on Priorities, on Humility.
Pirkei Abot 4.9 -The Importance of Following the Torah Regardless of Personal Circumstances
Pirkei Abot 4.8 - Important Ethical Advice for Judges
Pirkei Abot 4.7 - Create Compromise. Don’t Rush to Judge
Pirkei Abot 4.6 - Honor the Torah and It’s Scholars and You Will be Honored Too.
Pirkei Abot 4.5 - Learning to Teach and to Act; Never to Personally or Economically Benefit From the Words of Torah
Pirkei Abot 4.4 - Part I - The Definition of Humility -- Plus - Be Careful With Hillul Hashem!
Pirkei Abot 4.4. - Part II - The Definition of Humility (another idea)
Pirkei Abot 4.3 - Showing Respect For All Human Beings, and All Creations.
Pirkei Abot 4.2 - One Good Act Leads to Others (and vice versa!)
Pirkei Abot 4.1 - Who is wise? Who is mighty? Who is rich? Who is honorable?
Pirkei Abot 3.18 - Torah Comes First, the Sciences Come Second
Pirkei Abot 3.17 - Rabbi Elazar Ben Azaryah's Five Important Principles.
Pirkei Abot 3.16 - The Analogy of a Storekeeper.
Pirkei Abot 3.15 - Four Crucial Principles of Life and Faith
Pirkei Abot 3.14 - The Concept of "Selem Elohim"
Pirkei Abot 3.13 - The Five Fences of Rabbi Akiba
Pirkei abot 3.12 - Treat All Human Beings with Respect
Pirkei Abot 3.11 - Five Sins That Prevent Getting to the Next World
Pirkei Abot 3.10 - Karma and Being Careful with How You Spend Your Time
Pirkei Abot 3.9 - How Does Wisdom Endure?
Pirkei abot 3.8 - The Value of Reviewing What You Learn
Pirkei Abot 3.7 - We are God’s Trustees for His World. Plus - the Concept of "Torah U’madah"
Pirkei Abot 3.6 - The more people that learn together, the better and the more blessed.
Pirkei Abot 3.5 - The Best Stress Relief is Trust in God
Pirkei Abot 3.4. - Don’t Put Yourself in Danger!
Pirkei abot 3.3 - Your Table Can Resemble the Altar - The Table of God
Pirkei Abot 3.2. - Peace and the Value of Speaking Torah
Pirkei Abot 3.1 - Remember three things and you’ll keep away from sin
Pirkei Abot 2.11. Three things that "take you out of the world"
Pirkei Abot 2.10 - Honor your friends! Don’t get angry; Repent every day; Respect the rabbis...
Pirkei Abot 2.9 - The Beauty of a Good Heart
Pirkei Abot 2.8 - Rabban Yonanan Ben Zakai and his 5 students - What’s the Greatest Character Trait That a Person Can Have?
Pirkei Abot 2.7. Physical vs Spiritual Pursuits
Pirkei Abot 2.6. "Midah Keneged Midah" - What Goes Around, Comes Around
Pirkei Abot 2.5. Hillel continues with 6 more profound insights.
Pirkei Abot 2.4. Your will and God’s Will. Plus 5 great ideas from Hillel the Elder.
Pirkei Abot 2.3. How to deal with politicians and leaders
Pirkei Abot 2.2 - "Torah and Derech Eretz" - plus advice for community leaders
Pirkei Abot 2.1. Principle of moderation. Good Advice to keep away from sin by Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi
Pirkei Abot 1.18. The entire world stands on three things
Pirkei Abot 1.17. Silence is golden. Actions speak louder than words
Pirkei Abot 1.16 Make a Rabbi for yourself and other important advice
Pirkei Abot 1.15. Shamai says that there are three important ways to live.
Pirkei Abot 1.14. Hillel tells us that self improvement is up to me!
Pirkei Abot 1.13. Hillel also advises us not to run after honor and more!
Pirkei Abot 1.12. Hillel - love and pursue peace
Pirkei Abot 1.11. The enormous power of speech and good advice to be extra careful with our words!
Pirkei Abot 1.10. Love your work
Pirkei Abot 1.9. More good advice for judges
Pirkei Abot 1.8. Important advice for judges
Pirkei Abot 1.7. Keep away from evil people and don’t despair when faced with adversity
Pirkei Abot 1.6. Don’t isolate yourself.!
Pirkei Abot 1.5. The importance of kindness
Pirkei Abot 1.4. Advice to stay faithful to the oral tradition
Pirkei Abot 1.3. Doing good out of love
Pirkei Abot 1.2. The world stands on three pillars
Pirkei Abot 1.1. Three tips for judges and everyone else
Introduction to Pirkei Abot
Demai 1.2 Introduction to the laws of Maaser Sheni
Demai - Introduction to the Masechet and the laws of Terumot and maaserot
Peah 8.9 - The blessings of poor people who don’t take charity and of righteous judges
Peah 8.8 Who is considered poor enough to take Leket, Shichehah, Peah and Ma'asser Ani?
Peah 8.7 - Introduction to the law of charity. The communal charity. Mitigating fraud risk.
Peah 8.6 - More laws of gifts to the poor
Peah 8.5 - Introduction to Maaser Ani. How much must you give the poor?
Peah 7.7 - What if the vineyard is completely Ollelot?
Peah 7.6 - Introduction to the Misvah of Kerem Rebai and Neta Rebai
Peah 7.5 - Are the poor our partners or our purchasers?
Peah 7.4 - Introduction to the laws of “Ollelot”
Peah 6.11 - General principle of stipulations that apply to all misvot of the Torah
Peah 6.6 - How heavy can the sheaf be and still be considered Shichehah
Peah 6.5 - How many sheaves or fruits or grapes are considered shichehah or leket?
Peah 5.8 - When does the law of Shichehah apply At what stage of the reaping or gathering process?
Peah 5.7 - Introduction to the Misvah of Shich’hah. Why is this misva so special?
Peah 5.6 - Can we choose which poor receive our gifts?
Peah 5.5 - Can a person be considered a landowner and poor as well?
Peah 5.4 - Can a rich landlord enjoy Leket, Shichecha, Peah or Ma'sser when he’s on the road and ran out of money?
Peah 4.10 - What is “Leket”?
Peah 4.9 - Can I acquire Peah items for my poor friend?
Peah 4.4 - Can the poor use sharp knives to reap from the Peah?
Peah 3.7 - Is the law based on the words or the intent of the giver?
Peah 2.6 - How many corners do we leave if we are growing two different types of wheat?
Peah 1.4 Five conditions of a product that obliges us to perform the Misvah of Pe'ah
Peah 1.2 - How much of our field's corner must we leave for the poor?
Peah 1.1 - Part Two - Eight Misvot that benefit us in this world and the next
Peah 1.1 - Part One - Five Misvot that have no prescribed measure
Peah - Introduction to Masechet Peah and introduction to the laws of Torah socialistic capitalism & charity
Berachot 9.5 - Part Two: Respect for the Temple, blessings said in the Temple, mutual greetings.
Berachot 9.5 - Part One - Love of God
Berachot 9.4 - Prayers and thanks we say when traveling
Berachot 9.3 - Shehehiyanu. Hatob ve’hametib. Dayan ha’emet and prayers we are NOT allowed to say.
Berachot 9.2 - Blessings on thunder lightning bad rumors and good news
Berachot 9.1 - Blessings on visiting different places
Berachot 8.8 - Does Birkat Hamazon need a cup of wine? Who were the "cutim"?
Berachot 8.7 - Where and until when can we say Birkat Hamazon?
Berachot 8.6 - More laws and customs of the Habdalah
Berachot 8.5 - The order of the berachot in habdalah. The argument about the blessing on the light
Berachot 8.4 - The basis of "Mayim Aharonim" and holding like Bet Shamai vs bet Hillel
Berachot 8.3 - Why doe Bet Hillel say you can’t put your napkin on the table?
Berachot 8.2 - Introduction - the 6 gradations of tumah and the decree to wash our hands before bread
Berachot 8.2 - Why don't we wash our hands before Kiddush?
Berachot 8.1. Which Berachah do we say first - on the wine or on the Shabbat?
Berachot 7.5 - When can two groups join together for zimun and which kind of wine would not be Hagefen?
Berachot 7.4 - When can who are eating together split up?
Berachot 7.3 - What is the correct text of the Zimun?
Berachot 7.2 - More on the practice of "Zimun"
Berachot 7.1. Introduction to the requirement to give of your income to the kohanim and Leviim
Berachot 6.8 - What is "Birkat Hamazon" and when is it said? Three opinions!
Berachot 6.7 - The concept of “Ikkar and Tafel”. Essential and subsidiary.
Berachot 6.6 - Can one person say the Berachah for another?
Berachot 6.5 - Which berachot cover others?
Berachot 6.4 - With various foods before us, which Berachah do we say first?
Berachot 6.3 - More on the Berachah of She’hakol
Berachot 6.2 - The power of Birchat “she’hakol”
Berachot 6.1 - Which Berachot do we say on fruits, vegetables, wine, and bread?
Berachot 6.1. - Introduction to "Berachot Nehenin" and the definition of a Berachah.
Berachot 5.5 - Rabbi Haninah Ben Dosa - a lesson in practicing to say our prayers.
Berachot 5.4 - What does the hazan do if there are no kohanim or if there are kohanim?
Berachot 5.3 - Be careful with the language of the prayers!
Berachot 5.2 - Where do we insert the additional prayers in the Amidah
Berachot 5.1 - How should we prepare our minds before saying the Amidah?
Berachot 4.7 - Is Musaf obligatory on an individual
Berachot 4.6 - Can we pray on a boat or a bus?
Berachot 4.5 -Can you pray to God while sitting on a horse?
Berachot 4.4. Building a relationship with God. “Hatob be’enechah aseh”
Berachot 4.3 - Rabbi Yehoshua’s leniency with the Amidah
Berachot 4.2 - The prayer we say upon entering the study hall
Berachot 4.1 - The Amidah, its basis, times and significance
Berachot 3.6 - More decrees of Ezra that have since been annulled
Berachot 3.5. Can you pray near smelly stuff?
Berachot 3.4 - The decree of Ezra
Berachot 3.3. Are women and children obligated to say shema or to pray or to say birkat hamazon?
Berachot 3.2 - More on the exemptions for people who are engaged in Misvot
Berachot 3.1 - Who is exempt from saying Shema as well as other Misvot?
Berachot 2.8 - May a groom say Shema on his wedding night?
Berachot 2.7 - Rabban Gamliel again making waves with exceptions to the rules
Berachot 2.6 - Rabban Gamliel and the exception to one of the laws of mourning
Berachot 2.5 - The general principal of "One who is involved in a Misvah is exempt from another
Berachot 2.4 - Employees who are paid to work but must read Shema
Berachot 2.3 - Four rules on the pronunciation of Shema
Berachot 2.2 The order of the paragraphs of Shema
Berachot 2.1 - Do Misvot need "kavanah" (intention)?
Berachot 1.5 - Why do we say the third paragraph of Shema?
Berachot 1.4
Berachot 1.3 "How do we say Shema"?
Berachot 1.2 - When is the right time to say Shema in the morning?
Berachot 1.1
Berachot 1.1 - Introduction to the Masechet