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משֶׁה קִבֵּל תּוֹרָה מִסִּינַי, וּמְסָרָהּ לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ, וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ לִזְקֵנִים, וּזְקֵנִים לִנְבִיאִים, וּנְבִיאִים מְסָרוּהָ לְאַנְשֵׁי כְנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה.
English
Moses received the Torah at Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua, Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets to the Men of the Great Assembly.
Commentary
Rodef Shalom Commentary- (2024) Zev ben David, ואוש
Scientists and philosophers alike have struggled to define what sets humans apart from the rest of the biological world. Democritus thought it was laughter. As our techniques for studying and our records improved, laughter was documented in several primates and rats amongst other species. Descartes thought it was self-awareness that set humans apart, the knowledge that we know that we are us and that entity is distinct from the rest of the world. This too was demonstrated in dolphins, elephants and unsurprisingly our nearest evolutionary relatives, the great apes, though again many more may exist. Tool use was proposed by John Locke but numerous primates, sea otters, raccoons, and even creatures without hands like crows have demonstrated tool use. In each of these proposed qualities for the unique human trait, there is a common thread that may point to one of the ways that we are, presently, unique: our ability to capture and transmit information about our studies of these ideas.
In Pirkei Avot 1:1a, we see that our Sages understood that the ongoing transmission of knowledge should be the thought first and foremost on the minds of our people whenever we study. The Torah has been given, and the Torah has been received, and the Torah has been given again, today, to us!
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Discussion Topics
Topic 1:
Was Sinai A Place?Our ancestors believed that Sinai was a place where Moshe received the Torah, but should we?
Topic 2:
Receiving the Torah?What does it mean to receive the Torah?
Topic 3:
Is the only answer to when "now"?Is there a time to plan, a time to wait?
A time to act, a time to hold?Translations
English
Mishnah Yomit- Dr. Joshua Kulp
Moses received the Torah at Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua, Joshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets to the Men of the Great Assembly.
Open Mishnah
Moshe received the Torah from Sinai, and transmitted it to Yehoshua, and Yehoshua to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets transmitted it to the men of the Great Assembly.
Open Mishnah
The Mishna with Obadiah Bartenura- Rabbi Shraga Silverstein
Moses received Torah from Sinai. [I say that because this tractate is not founded on any explanation of a mitzvah of the mitzvoth of the Torah as are the other tractates of the Mishnah, but is entirely mussar and middoth, and the sages of the gentiles have also written books from the musings of their heart on the ways of mussar — how a man should deport himself with his neighbor — therefore, the tanna begins this tractate: “Moses received Torah from Sinai,” to teach us that the middoth and mussar in this tractate were not conjured up by the sages of the Mishnah, but these, too, were stated on Sinai, (i.e., by Him who revealed Himself on Sinai)]. And He gave it to Joshua; and Joshua, to the elders, [who lived on after Joshua, until the advent of the first prophets, Eli the high-priest and Shmuel Haramati]; and the elders, to the prophets; and the prophets gave it to the men of the great assembly (anshei knesseth hagedolah). [They were 120 elders: Zerubaval, Seraya, Re’elayah, Mordecai-Bilshan, who lived in the days of Ezra, when they went up from the exile to the second Temple, among them, Chaggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and Nechemiah ben Chachalyah and their colleagues. They were called “the men of the great assembly” for having restored the “Crown” to its pristine (greatness). For Moses said (Deuteronomy 10:17): “The great, mighty, awesome, G-d.” Jeremiah and Daniel came and (Daniel) did not say “great,” and (Jeremiah) did not say “awesome,” and they (the men of the great assembly) restored them (“great and awesome”) as at first,” saying “this (as stated there [Yoma 69b]) is precisely His greatness”; “this is precisely His awesomeness”; “for if not so (i.e., if He were not great and awesome), how could one nation endure against seventy nations (intent upon annihilating it, etc.)!”]
Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (Pirqe Aboth) translated by Charles Taylor
1. Moses received the Thorah from Sinai, and he delivered it to Jehoshua’, and Jehoshua’ to the elders, and the elders to the prophets, and the prophets delivered it to the men of the Great Synagogue.
Deutsch
Mischnajot mit deutscher Übersetzung und Erklärung
Moses hat die Tora auf dem Sinai empfangen und sie dem Josua überliefert, und Josua den Ältesten, und die Ältesten den Propheten, und die Propheten haben sie den Männern der großen Versammlung überliefert.
Mischnajot mit deutscher Übersetzung und Erklärung. Berlin 1887-1933 [de]
Source: talmud.de
Digitization: Sefaria License: [missing]
Talmud Bavli- Lazarus Goldschmidt (1929)
MOŠE EMPFING DIE TORA AUF[DEM BERGE] SINAJ, ÜBERLIEFERTE SIE JEHOŠUA͑, JEHOŠUA͑ DEN ÄLTESTEN, DIE ÄLTESTEN DEN PROPHETEN UND DIE PROPHETEN ÜBERLIEFERTEN SIE DEN MÄNNERN DER GROSSSYNODE.
Talmud Bavli. Lazarus Goldschmidt. 1929 [de]
Source: nli.org.il
Digitization: Sefaria License: Public Domain
Français
Maximes des Pères- Rabbi Rivon (2023)
Moïse a reçu la Tora du Sinaï et l’a transmise à Josué. Josué l’a transmise aux Anciens, et les Anciens aux Prophètes; ceux-ci l’ont transmise à leur tour aux hommes de la grande Assemblée.
Español
Ritual de oraciones para todo el ano- Marcos Edeery (1965)
Moisés recibió la Torá en el Monte Sinaí, y la transmitió a Ieoshúa. Éste la transmitió a los ancianos del pueblo, quienes a su vez la legaron a los profetas, quienes la hicieron llegar hasta los hombres de la Gran Asamblea.
Português
Ética dos Pais- Bruno Manuel (2023)
Ele costumava dizer: Se eu não for por mim, quem será por mim? E se eu for apenas por mim mesmo, o que sou eu? E se não agora, quando?
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