We’re sharing this conversation now after finishing Pirkei Avos with Mishnah Yomi, and with summer being the time many people focus on learning Avos. Dr. Steven Weiss, as you'll hear, has an incredible passion for all things Avos. He has collected thousands of seforim and meticulously documented nearly every work on the subject up until 2015. His vast knowledge is a treasure for anyone interested in Pirkei Avos. You can purchase a copy of his book or ask questions by reaching out to Dr. Weiss directly at avotmaven@gmail.com.
Introduction
1:55 - Pirkei Avos verse, Maseches Avos
2:41 - Background: How did you get into Maseches Avos?
5:35 - How many works have you documented in your book?
6:58 - Nachlas Tzvi
9:02 - Was there a time that there was an "explosion" of works on Avos?
12:28 - When did it become a custom to learn it in the Summer?
15:50 - Any Gedolim famous only for their works on Avos? (Medrash Shmuel)
16:45 - Lechem Yehudah
24:21 - Burning of the Shas and Maharam MePaduah
27:53 - Controversial Seforim on Avos?
28:10 - Rashi on Avos—who is it?
30:36 - Yaein Levonon (R' Naftali Wessley)
39:20 - Five interesting works on Avos
45:03 - Judaica items related to Avos
50:12 - Some translations of Avos
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We’re sharing this conversation now after finishing Pirkei Avos with Mishnah Yomi, and with summer being the time many people focus on learning Avos. Dr. Steven Weiss, as you'll hear, has an incredible passion for all things Avos. He has collected thousands of seforim and meticulously documented nearly every work on the subject up until 2015. His vast knowledge is a treasure for anyone interested in Pirkei Avos. You can purchase a copy of his book or ask questions by reaching out to Dr. Weiss directly at avotmaven@gmail.com.
Introduction
1:55 - Pirkei Avos verse, Maseches Avos
2:41 - Background: How did you get into Maseches Avos?
5:35 - How many works have you documented in your book?
6:58 - Nachlas Tzvi
9:02 - Was there a time that there was an "explosion" of works on Avos?
12:28 - When did it become a custom to learn it in the Summer?
15:50 - Any Gedolim famous only for their works on Avos? (Medrash Shmuel)
16:45 - Lechem Yehudah
24:21 - Burning of the Shas and Maharam MePaduah
27:53 - Controversial Seforim on Avos?
28:10 - Rashi on Avos—who is it?
30:36 - Yaein Levonon (R' Naftali Wessley)
39:20 - Five interesting works on Avos
45:03 - Judaica items related to Avos
50:12 - Some translations of Avos
0:00 Introduction
2:53 Rama
5:30 Maaglei Tzedek & Early Sources
9:55 Sleep Night of RH
12:50 Bach and R' Yeshua Ibn Shueib
16:48 Gedolim That Slept
18:17 Did Arizal Sleep?
18:37 Arizal In His Sleep
22:20 Magen Avraham
25:10 Deeper Insight into the Day Of Rosh Hashanah
Contradictions of the day, is it a day of Din or of Simcha?
33:58 R' Yeshua Ibn Shueib Rosh Hashanah Drasha
41:05 The Lost Yerushalmi
4:53 Torah Temimah's Theory
47:15 Getting Up Early - Source of Yerushalmi
48:30 Sleeping Second day
49:24 Lo Tenachashu
49:55 Additional reasons For Minhag
50:30 New Discovery of Early Source
Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Brodt
We’re sharing this conversation now after finishing Pirkei Avos with Mishnah Yomi, and with summer being the time many people focus on learning Avos. Dr. Steven Weiss, as you'll hear, has an incredible passion for all things Avos. He has collected thousands of seforim and meticulously documented nearly every work on the subject up until 2015. His vast knowledge is a treasure for anyone interested in Pirkei Avos. You can purchase a copy of his book or ask questions by reaching out to Dr. Weiss directly at avotmaven@gmail.com.
Introduction
1:55 - Pirkei Avos verse, Maseches Avos
2:41 - Background: How did you get into Maseches Avos?
5:35 - How many works have you documented in your book?
6:58 - Nachlas Tzvi
9:02 - Was there a time that there was an "explosion" of works on Avos?
12:28 - When did it become a custom to learn it in the Summer?
15:50 - Any Gedolim famous only for their works on Avos? (Medrash Shmuel)
16:45 - Lechem Yehudah
24:21 - Burning of the Shas and Maharam MePaduah
27:53 - Controversial Seforim on Avos?
28:10 - Rashi on Avos—who is it?
30:36 - Yaein Levonon (R' Naftali Wessley)
39:20 - Five interesting works on Avos
45:03 - Judaica items related to Avos
50:12 - Some translations of Avos
