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The Living Talmud: The Wisdom of the Fathers and Its Classical Commentaries
The Living Talmud The Wisdom of the Fathers and Its Classical Commentaries Author:Judah Goldin This is the seventh printing. — "Say little and do much, and receive all men with a cheerful countenance." — By three things is the world sustained: by justice, by truth and by peace." — "Be of an exceedingly humble spirit, for the end of man is the worm." — "These are just a few of the many thought-provoking maxims contained in Judah Goldin's signi... more »ficant new translation of The Wisdom of the Fathers (Pirke Abot) and the commentaries tha scholars throughout the ages have made on this important book of the Talmud. By making these commentaries available in English for the first time, and in his brilliant essay on the Talmud, Professor Goldin has illuminated the development of Jewish law and tradition."« less