MIDDOT - VIRTUES

In Pirke Avot 6:6, we read that "The Torah is greater than the priesthood and than royalty, seeing that royalty is acquired through thirty virtues, the priesthood twenty-four, while the Torah is acquired through forty-eight virtues." These forty-eight Jewish virtues or values (in Hebrew "middot") serve as the basis for Family Shabbat Table Talk, Cycle Four. Each week we will learn about one of the middot (in Hebrew a "middah") from the list of forty-eight provided in Pirke Avot.