PIRKEI AVOT Jewish Ethical - With Commentary Of The Rambam

(Hebrew: פִּרְקֵי אָבוֹת; also transliterated as or ), which translates to English as , is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims from Rabbinic Jewish tradition. It is part of didactic Jewish ethical literature. Because of its contents, the name is sometimes given as . Pirkei Avot consists of the Mishnaic tractate of , the second-to-last tractate in the order of Nezikin in the Mishnah, plus one additional chapter. Avot is unique in that it is the only tractate of the Mishnah dealing with ethical and moral principles; there is relatively little law in Pirkei Avot. Moshe ben Maimon, commonly known as Maimonides, and also referred to by the acronym Rambam, was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician. Born in Córdoba, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) on Passover eve, 1138 (or 1135), he worked as a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt.