Keywords: Shemona perakim.jpg en First page of a manuscript containing one of Maimonides commentaries on the Mishnah the first major work of Rabbinic Judaism The commentary is on the tractate Avot Ethics of the fathers in which Maimonides expounded on morality and the nature of man s soul with an introduction Shemonah perakim Eight chapters he פירוש מסכת אבות ע הקדמה שמונה פרקי 14th or 15th century https //www wdl org/en/item/3964/ World Digital Library Maimonides other versions PD-Art Maimonides Hebrew manuscripts Commentaries on Avot |