Pirke Avoth

or Pir·ke A·vot, Pir·ke A·both, Pir·ke A·bot

[ Sephardic Hebrew peer-ke ah-vawt; Ashkenazic Hebrew pir-key-aw-vohs ]

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noun

Judaism.

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pirke Avoth¹

Hebrew pirqē ābhōth chapters of the fathers

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Example Sentences

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As the day advanced I was happily employed at my tent door reading the Arabic New Testament; it should have been in Hebrew at Yamnia, as being more profitable than all the Pirké Avoth of the Talmud.

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