Pirkei Avos in Real Life

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By: Rabbi Yitzchak Shmuel Ackerman

How the teachings of Pirkei Avos apply in daily life.

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The Internalized Life: Personal Responsibility in Character and Action
#73
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Counter-Intuitive Definitions of Success
#72
06/09/2026


Changing the Definitions of Success: Internalizing Wisdom, Strength, and Wealth
#71
06/02/2026


Who is Wise, Who is Strong
#70
05/26/2026


Humility and True Worth
#69
05/19/2026


Branches and Roots, Appetizers and Mains, Intro to Defining Success
#68
05/12/2026


Essential Pairings and The French Revolution
#67
05/05/2026


The Human Condition and the Banquet
#66
04/28/2026


Divine Justice and Human Action
#65
04/21/2026


Everything is known. To whom?
#64
04/14/2026


Tzelem, Banim, Love and Responsibility
#63
03/24/2026


The Power of Recognition: Self-Worth and Responsibility
#62
03/17/2026


Tithes, Vows, Fences, and Silence
#61
03/10/2026


Fences for Kedusha
#60
02/24/2026


The Cognitive vs. The Spontaneous—Two Paths to Greeting Others
#59
02/17/2026


Navigating Relationships with Gracefully
#58
02/10/2026


Swift or Deliberate, Always Pleasant
#57
02/03/2026


Sanctity, Self-Worth, and the Human Role
#56
01/27/2026


Denying Kedusha on many levels - Nihilism?
#55
01/25/2026


Physical needs and Boundaries
#54
01/13/2026


Sleep, Wine, Childlike, Chill. Carefully
#53
01/06/2026


Pleasing Hashem and Others
#52
12/30/2025


What "pleases" Hashem k'viyachol?
#51
12/23/2025


Adding Purpose to Wisdom
#50
12/21/2025


The Purpose of Knowledge. Yiras Shamayim
#49
12/10/2025


Forgetting Can Endanger the Nefesh, How to Remember More
#48
12/03/2025


Forgetting Our Learning: Culpable or Not
#47
11/26/2025


Beauty in the world is not a contradiction to Torah, but...
#46
11/18/2025


Why Hashem did not distribute wealth equally
#45
11/12/2025


Two Motivations — Two Outcomes. The pleasant Yoke
#44
11/04/2025


The Need to be Needed
#43
10/28/2025


The Kotkzer on finding a Teacher. And, Good Stress!
#42
10/21/2025


Accepting Limitation and Responsibility
#41
09/30/2025


Alone at night or on the road. Danger?
#40
09/16/2025


Filet for the Soul and the Value of One, Two, and Three
#39
09/09/2025


Learning Together, Learning Alone, Tune in to Shechina
#38
09/02/2025


Who Governs Me?
#37
08/26/2025


You Are A Role Model! Din,then Cheshbon?
#36
08/19/2025


Akavya vs Rebbe? Look at Which 3 Things?
#35
08/06/2025


Why Did Rabbi Tarfon call Hashem "Baal HaBayis?"
#34
07/29/2025