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VORT ON PIRKEI AVOS - פרק א : משנה א
Perek Aleph - Mishna Aleph
משה קבל תורה מסיני ומסרה ליהושע. ויהושע לזקנים (אבות א:א)
Moshe received the Torah on Mount Sinai and handed it to Yehosuah and Yeshousha to the elderly…
Pirkei Avos teaches us how to acquire good Middos – traits and keep back from bad Middos. So why does the Mishna start with the introduction, “משה קבל תורה מסיני”? It says in the pasuk (מצורע יד:ב) “זאת תיה תורת המצורע ביום טהרתו…) Chazal says that a person is called a מצורע since “מוציע רע” – he talks badly on others. The Beis Aaron transcribes זאת תיה תורת המצורע ביום טהרתו – that by learning Torah, the Metzorah’s bad traits get refined. And his bad trait of talking lashan hara on others is absolved.
This is the reason why the Mishna starts with “משה קבל תורה מסיני” – to teach us that through learning the holy Torah, one can eradicate bad traits and connect to good Middos -traits.
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