One of Rabbi Berel Wein’s finest works, this innovative
commentary on Pirkei Avos/Ethics of the Fathers belongs in every Jewish
home. With an astute eye ever fixed on the complete traditional text,
Rabbi Wein explains and interprets its contents in terms relevant to
today’s Jews.

Revealing great insight into human behavior and
replete with illuminating anecdotes, the work applies the words of the
Sages to current Jewish experience. Did the Sages write Pirkei Avos
specifically for our times? Rabbi Wein makes it appear so – for in his
talented hands, the deep meanings of the text shine with new radiance.

A
noted historian, Rabbi Wein liberally punctuates his commentary with
enlightening historical references and demonstrates his firm
understanding of our era. The lessons of the Sages are enhanced by
explanations of their original context, yet they seem to glide right
into the twenty-first century.

Pirkei Avos offers guidelines for
successful living and the values it teaches are timeless. Secure in
Rabbi Wein’s scholarship, inspired by his meaningful examples (and even
amused by touches of the rabbi’s legendary wry humor), every reader will
treasure this contemporary reading of one of Judaism’s classics.