Pirkei Avot: Principles of the Ancestors
The Mishnah is one of the oldest rabbinic texts. It is beautiful and dense, technical and poetic, and it forms the bedrock upon which the Talmud is built. No knowledge of Hebrew or prior experience studying Mishnah is required. We are currently focusing on Tractate Avot.
Upcoming classes
Dates: 27 Apr 2026 – 18 May 2026
Total of 3 sessions
About the facilitator
Raphael Dascalu
Founder and facilitator
Raphael Dascalu is a Melbourne-based researcher and translator. Born and raised in Sydney, he completed his MA at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, his PhD at the University of Chicago, and studied in a number of institutions of Jewish learning, including Yeshivat ha-Kibbutz ha-Dati (Ein Tzurim), the Pardes Institute, and the Shalom Hartman Institute. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Notre Dame University Australia, an Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University, and a student of the mysteries of the cosmos.
