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Daily Mishna by Jack Doueck — 100 episodes

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Pirkei Abot 6.11 - Everything We Do Should be "Leshem Shamayim"

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Pirkei Abot 6.10 - The Five Principles of a Good Life

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Pirkei Abot 6.9 - How to implement Mishnah 4.14

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Pirkei Abot 6.8 - Seven or Eight Things That are Great for Righteous People and For the World

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Pirkei Abot 6.7 - The Benefits of Learning Torah

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Pirkei Abot 6.6 - Twenty-four Ways to Make the Torah Endure

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Pirkei Abot 6.5 - Forty Eight Ways to Acquire Wisdom

8

Pirkei Abot 6.4 - A Compendium of Previous Mishnayot

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Pirkei Abot 6.3 - The Importance of Showing Respect for All People

10

Pirkei Abot 6.2 - The concept of a “bat kol” and the Benefits of Torah Learning

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Pirkei Abot 6.1. - The Blessings of Learning Torah "Lishmah"

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Pirkei Abot 5.23. - According to the Effort and Pain is the Reward!

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Pirkei Abot 5.22 - Advice on Learning Torah

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Pirkei Abot 5.21 - Chronology of a Human Being

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Pirkei Abot 5.20 - Bold as a Leopard, Light as an Eagle, Swift as a Deer Mighty as a lion. …

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Pirkei Abot 5.19 - Three Attributes of Abraham (and Vice Versa for Bila'am).

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Pirkei abot 5.18 - The Concept of “Mezakeh et Harabim”

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Pirkei Abot 5.17 - Proper and Improper Argument

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Pirkei Abot 5.16 - True Unconditional Love

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Pirkei Abot 5.15 - Four Kinds of Students

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Pirkei Abot 5.14 - Four Attitudes Toward Study and the Bet Midrash

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Pirkei Abot 5.13 - Four Attitudes on Giving Charity

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Pirkei Abot 5.12 - Four Types of Students

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Pirkei Abot 5.11 - Four Dispositions (Stay away from anger!)

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Pirkei Abot 5.10 - Four World Views

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Pirkei Abot 5.8 - The Importance of Charity and Good Leadership

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Pirkei Abot 5.9 - Divine Providence, Karma and the Importance of Taking Care of the Poor

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Pirkei Abot 5.7 - Seven Qualities of a "Hacham"

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Pirkei Abot 5.6 - Ten Things Were Created on the First Friday

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Pirkei Abot 5.5 - Ten Miracles in the Temple and in Jerusalem Showing God’s Kindness

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Pirkei Abot 5.4 - Ten Miracles, Ten Plagues, Ten Tests of God’s Patience

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Pirkei Abot 5.3 - Abraham Overcoming Adversity With Faith and Optimism

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Pirkei Abot 5.2 - Ten Generations of Tolerance and Mercy

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Pirkei Abot 5.1 - Ten Sayings to Create the World

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Pirkei Abot 4.22 - Making the Best of the Hand We are Dealt.

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Pirkei Abot 4.21 - Jealousy, Lust and Honor Remove Us from the World

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Pirkei Abot 4.20 - Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover!

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Pirkei Abot 4.19 - Never Rejoice When Your Enemy Falls

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Pirkei Abot 4.18 - Give People Their Space!

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Pirkei Abot 4.17 - One Hour in This World vs. One Hour in the Next!

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Pirkei Abot 4.16 - This World and the Next World

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Pirkei Abot 4.15 - Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?

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Pirkei Abot 4.14 - The Importance of Group Learning

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Pirkei Abot 4.13 - The Three Crowns are Surpassed by a Good Reputation

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Pirkei Abot 4.12 - The Importance of Respecting Everyone

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Pirkei Abot 4.11 - Every Deed We Do - Counts!

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Pirkei Abot 4.10 - Rabbi Meir's Advice on Priorities, on Humility.

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Pirkei Abot 4.9 -The Importance of Following the Torah Regardless of Personal Circumstances

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Pirkei Abot 4.8 - Important Ethical Advice for Judges

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Pirkei Abot 4.7 - Create Compromise. Don’t Rush to Judge

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Pirkei Abot 4.6 - Honor the Torah and It’s Scholars and You Will be Honored Too.

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Pirkei Abot 4.5 - Learning to Teach and to Act; Never to Personally or Economically Benefit From the Words of Torah

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Pirkei Abot 4.4 - Part I - The Definition of Humility -- Plus - Be Careful With Hillul Hashem!

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Pirkei Abot 4.4. - Part II - The Definition of Humility (another idea)

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Pirkei Abot 4.3 - Showing Respect For All Human Beings, and All Creations.

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Pirkei Abot 4.2 - One Good Act Leads to Others (and vice versa!)

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Pirkei Abot 4.1 - Who is wise? Who is mighty? Who is rich? Who is honorable?

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Pirkei Abot 3.18 - Torah Comes First, the Sciences Come Second

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Pirkei Abot 3.17 - Rabbi Elazar Ben Azaryah's Five Important Principles.

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Pirkei Abot 3.16 - The Analogy of a Storekeeper.

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Pirkei Abot 3.15 - Four Crucial Principles of Life and Faith

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Pirkei Abot 3.14 - The Concept of "Selem Elohim"

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Pirkei Abot 3.13 - The Five Fences of Rabbi Akiba

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Pirkei abot 3.12 - Treat All Human Beings with Respect

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Pirkei Abot 3.11 - Five Sins That Prevent Getting to the Next World

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Pirkei Abot 3.10 - Karma and Being Careful with How You Spend Your Time

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Pirkei Abot 3.9 - How Does Wisdom Endure?

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Pirkei abot 3.8 - The Value of Reviewing What You Learn

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Pirkei Abot 3.7 - We are God’s Trustees for His World. Plus - the Concept of "Torah U’madah"

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Pirkei Abot 3.6 - The more people that learn together, the better and the more blessed.

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Pirkei Abot 3.5 - The Best Stress Relief is Trust in God

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Pirkei Abot 3.4. - Don’t Put Yourself in Danger!

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Pirkei abot 3.3 - Your Table Can Resemble the Altar - The Table of God

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Pirkei Abot 3.2. - Peace and the Value of Speaking Torah

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Pirkei Abot 3.1 - Remember three things and you’ll keep away from sin

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Pirkei Abot 2.11. Three things that "take you out of the world"

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Pirkei Abot 2.10 - Honor your friends! Don’t get angry; Repent every day; Respect the rabbis...

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Pirkei Abot 2.9 - The Beauty of a Good Heart

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Pirkei Abot 2.8 - Rabban Yonanan Ben Zakai and his 5 students - What’s the Greatest Character Trait That a Person Can Have?

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Pirkei Abot 2.7. Physical vs Spiritual Pursuits

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Pirkei Abot 2.6. "Midah Keneged Midah" - What Goes Around, Comes Around

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Pirkei Abot 2.5. Hillel continues with 6 more profound insights.

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Pirkei Abot 2.4. Your will and God’s Will. Plus 5 great ideas from Hillel the Elder.

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Pirkei Abot 2.3. How to deal with politicians and leaders

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Pirkei Abot 2.2 - "Torah and Derech Eretz" - plus advice for community leaders

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Pirkei Abot 2.1. Principle of moderation. Good Advice to keep away from sin by Rabbi Yehuda Hanasi

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Pirkei Abot 1.18. The entire world stands on three things

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Pirkei Abot 1.17. Silence is golden. Actions speak louder than words

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Pirkei Abot 1.16 Make a Rabbi for yourself and other important advice

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Pirkei Abot 1.15. Shamai says that there are three important ways to live.

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Pirkei Abot 1.14. Hillel tells us that self improvement is up to me!

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Pirkei Abot 1.13. Hillel also advises us not to run after honor and more!

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Pirkei Abot 1.12. Hillel - love and pursue peace

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Pirkei Abot 1.11. The enormous power of speech and good advice to be extra careful with our words!

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Pirkei Abot 1.10. Love your work

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Pirkei Abot 1.9. More good advice for judges

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Pirkei Abot 1.8. Important advice for judges

98

Pirkei Abot 1.7. Keep away from evil people and don’t despair when faced with adversity

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Pirkei Abot 1.6. Don’t isolate yourself.!

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Pirkei Abot 1.5. The importance of kindness