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LIBRARY OF JEWISH CLASSICS-III.
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The Sayings of the
Jewish Fathers

[pirkei avot]
"PIRKE ABOT"
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Translated, with an
Introduction and Notes

BY
JOSEPH I. GORFINKLE, Ph.D.

Author of
"The Eight Chapters of Maimonides on Ethics"