Mishnah 11 - Chapter 4 - Pirkei Avot

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Mishnah 11 - Chapter 4 - Pirkei Avot

רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר: הָעוֹשֶׂה מִצִוָה אַחַת, קוֹנֶה לוֹ פְרַקְלִיט אֶחָד. וְהָעוֹבֵר עֲבֵרָה אַחַת, קוֹנֶה לוֹ קַטֵּיגוֹר אֶחָד. תְּשׁוּבָה וּמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים, כִּתְרִיס בִּפְנֵי הַפֻּרְעָנוּת. רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן הַסַּנְדְּלָר אוֹמֵר: כָּל כְּנֵסִיָּה שֶׁהִיא לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, סוֹפָהּ לְהִתְקַיֵּם. וְשֶׁאֵינָהּ לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, אֵין סוֹפָה לְהִתְקַיֵּם:

Chapter 4 / Mishnah 11 : Transliterated Pirkei Avot

Rabbi eli'ezer ben ya'akov omer. Ha'oseh mitzivah achat, koneh lo feraklit echad. Veha'over averah achat, koneh lo katteigor echad. Teshuvah uma'asim tovim, kitris bifnei happur'anut. Rabbi yochanan hassandelar omer. Kol kenesiyah shehi leshem shamayim, sofah lehitkayem. Veshe'einah leshem shamayim, ein sofah lehitkayem.

Chapter 4 / Mishnah 11 - Pirkei Avot translated into english

Rabbi Eliezer son of Yaakov says: One who does a single good deed acquires a single defender. One who does a single sin acquires a single prosecutor. Repentance and good deeds are a shield against punishment. Rabbi Yochanan the shoemaker said: Every gathering that is for the sake of Heaven will endure. And every gathering that isn't for the sake of Heven will not endure, in the end.

Description / commentaries - Pirkei Avot - Mishnah 11 - Chapter 4

R. Eliezer ben Yaakov says: If one does one mitzvah, he acquires for himself one defense attorney [i.e., an angel speaking on his behalf.] And if one commits a sin, he acquires for himself one kategor (a prosecuting attorney), [i.e., an incriminating angel, (kategor being acronymic for "kore tigar," "calling out strife." Sanegor, the opposite of kategor is acronymic for "sone tigar," "hating strife.")] R. Yochanan Hasandlar says: Every gathering that is for the sake of Heaven is destined to endure, and (every gathering that is) not for the sake of Heaven is not destined to endure.

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