Pirkei Avot §avot_01_18: Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel used to say: on three things does the world stand:...
Source: Pirkei Avot — Ethics of the Fathers (Mishnah, c. AD 200) (avot_01_18) · external_aligned
Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel used to say: on three things does the world stand: On justice, on truth and on peace, as it is said: “execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates” (Zechariah 8:16).
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Kaufmann Codex (Budapest, 11-13th cent) — earliest complete Mishnah
- manuscript_tradition: Parma Codex de Rossi 138 (Italy, 13th cent)
- critical_edition: Charles Taylor, Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (1877/1897)
- translation: Goldin, The Living Talmud (1957)
- republication: Sefaria — Pirkei Avot
Connections
- cites → card_n_1ada5527d349