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Minha for Shabbat

Ethics of the Fathers

Pirkei Avot - Perek 3
פרקי אבות – פרק ג
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Makkot 23bIs. 42
Hebrew
רַבִּי חֲנַנְיָא בֶן עֲקַשְׁיָא אוֹמֵר: רָצָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְזַכּוֹת אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְפִיכָךְ
הִרְבָּה לָהֶם תּוֹרָה וּמִצְוֹת. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: יְהוָה חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ, יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר:
Sephardi
Rabi Chananya ben Akashya omer: Ratzah hakadosh baruch hu lezakot et Yisrael, lefichach
Hirbah lahem Torah umitzvot. Shene'emar: Adonai chafetz lema'an tzidko, yagdil Torah veya'dir:
English
Rabbi Hananya ben Akashya said: The Holy One, blessed be He, wanted to confer merit on Israel. That is why He gave them a copious Torah and many commandments, as it is said, “It pleased the LORD, for the sake of [Israel’s] righteousness, to make the Torah great and glorious.”
If there is a minyan, mourners say the Rabbis’ Kaddish (page 628).
Sanhedrin 90aIs. 60
Hebrew
כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשׁ לָהֶם חֵלֶק לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר:
וְעַמֵּךְ כֻּלָּם צַדִּיקִים, לְעוֹלָם יִירְשׁוּ אָרֶץ
נֵצֶר מַטָּעַי, מַעֲשֵׂה יָדַי לְהִתְפָּאֵר:
Sephardi
Kol Yisrael yesh lahem chelek la'olam haba. Shene'emar:
Veamech kulam tzadikim, le'olam yirshu aretz
Netzer mata'ai, ma'aseh yadai lehitpaer:
English
All Israel have a share in the World to Come, as it is said, “Your people are all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever; they are a shoot of My own planting, a work of My own hands, that I may be glorified.”
פרק שלישי

CHAPTER 3

Hebrew
עֲקַבְיָא בֶן מַהֲלַלְאֵל אוֹמֵר: הִסְתַּכֵּל בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה דְבָרִים, וְאֵין אַתָּה בָא לִידֵי
עֲבֵרָה. דַּע מֵאַיִן בָּאתָ, וּלְאָן אַתָּה הוֹלֵךְ, וְלִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה עָתִיד לִתֵּן דִּין
וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן. מֵאַיִן בָּאתָ, מִטִּפָּה סְרוּחָה. וּלְאָן אַתָּה הוֹלֵךְ, לִמְקוֹם עָפָר, רִמָּה
וְתוֹלֵעָה. וְלִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה עָתִיד לִתֵּן דִּין וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן, לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים,
הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.
Sephardi
Akavya ben Mahalalel omer: Histakel bishloshah devarim, ve'ein atah va lidei
Aveirah. Da me'ayin bata, ule'an atah holech, velifnei mi atah atid liten din
Vecheshbon. Me'ayin bata, mitipah seruchah. Ule'an atah holech, limkom afar, rimah
Vetole'ah. Velifnei mi atah atid liten din vecheshbon, lifnei melech malchei hamelachim,
Hakadosh baruch hu.
English
Akavya ben Mahalalel said: Reflect on three things and you will avoid transgression: Know where you came from, where you are going, and before whom you will have to give an account and reckoning. “Where you came from” – from a putrid drop. “Where you are going” – to a place of dust, worms and maggots. “And before whom you will have to give an account and reckoning” – before the Supreme King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He.
Hebrew
רַבִּי חֲנִינָא סְגַן הַכֹּהֲנִים אוֹמֵר: הֱוֵי מִתְפַּלֵּל בִּשְׁלוֹמָהּ שֶׁל מַלְכוּת, שֶׁאִלְמָלֵא
מוֹרָאָהּ, אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ חַיִּים בְּלָעוֹ.
Sephardi
Rabi Chanina segan hakohanim omer: Hevei mitpalel bishlomah shel malchut, she'ilmale
Mora'ah, ish et re'ehu chayim bela'o.
English
Rabbi Hanina, the deputy High Priest, said: Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for fear of it, people would swallow one another alive.
Ps. 1Mal. 3Lam. 3
Hebrew
רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בֶן תְּרַדְיוֹן אוֹמֵר: שְׁנַיִם שֶׁיּוֹשְׁבִין, וְאֵין בֵּינֵיהֶם דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה, הֲרֵי
זֶה מוֹשַׁב לֵצִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וּבְמוֹשַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָׁב: אֲבָל שְׁנַיִם שֶׁיּוֹשְׁבִין
וְיֵשׁ בֵּינֵיהֶם דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה, שְׁכִינָה שְׁרוּיָה בֵינֵיהֶם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: אָז נִדְבְּרוּ יִרְאֵי
יְהוָה אִישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵהוּ, וַיַּקְשֵׁב יְהוָה וַיִּשְׁמָע, וַיִּכָּתֵב סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן לְפָנָיו לְיִרְאֵי
יְהוָה וּלְחֹשְׁבֵי שְׁמוֹ: אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שְׁנַיִם, מִנַּיִן אֲפִלּוּ אֶחָד שֶׁיּוֹשֵׁב וְעוֹסֵק
בַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קוֹבֵעַ לוֹ שָׂכָר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֹּם כִּי
נָטַל עָלָיו:
Sephardi
Rabi Chanina ben Teradyon omer: Shenayim sheyoshvin, ve'ein beineihem divrei Torah, harei
Zeh moshav letzim, shene'emar: Uvemoshav letzim lo yashav: Aval shenayim sheyoshvin
Veyesh beineihem divrei Torah, Shechinah sheruyah beineihem, shene'emar: Az nidberu yirei
Adonai ish el-re'ehu, vayakshev Adonai vayishma, vayikatev sefer zikaron lefanav leyirei
Adonai ulechoshevei shemo: Ein li ela shnayim, minayin afilu echad sheyoshev ve'osek
BaTorah shehakadosh baruch hu kove'a lo sachar, shene'emar: Yeshev badad veyidom ki
Natal alav:
English
Rabbi Hanina ben Teradyon said: When two people sit together and no words of Torah pass between them, they are regarded as a company of scoffers, as it is said, “He does not sit in the company of scoffers.” But when two people sit together and words of Torah do pass between them, the Divine Presence rests with them, as it is said, “Then those who feared the LORD talked together, and the LORD listened and heard, and a scroll of remembrance was written before Him concerning those who feared the LORD and cherished His name.” This verse tells me about two people; from where can I learn that even one person who sits alone and studies Torah, the Holy One, blessed be He, grants him a reward? From the verse, “Though he sits alone and meditates quietly, He will grant him a reward.”