Pirke Avot

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Pirke Avot
Gorfinkle Joseph I.
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Reckon the loss incurred by the fulfilmentof a precept against the reward secured by its observance (3), and thegain gotten by a transgression against the loss it involves. Considerthree things, that thou mayest not come within the power of sin (4). Know what is above thee--a seeing eye, and a hearing ear, and all thydeeds written in a book" (5).
    (1) Rabbi Judah (135-220 C. E. ), son of Simeon (chapter I, 18), was known as "Rabbi, " as a mark of distinction, owing to the fact that he was th
...e chief reviser and compiler of the _Mishnah_. Earlier compilers of the _Mishnah_ had been Hillel, Akiba, and R. Meir. Rabbi Judah was also known as _Rabbenu_ (our Master), _ha-Nasi_ (the Prince), and _ha-Kodesh_ (the Holy). He is said to have died[*] on the day that Akiba met his death at the hands of the Romans. See Danziger, _Jewish Forerunners of Christianity_, pp. 242-274, Myers, _Story of the Jewish People_, I, 210-222, and Strack, _Einleitung in den Talmud_, p. 96. [* a prior owner of the source text annotated it by crossing out "died" and writing in "been born".

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