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Why the Sages Said to 'Buy' a Friend | Pirkei Avot 1:6

What does it mean to "make" a teacher? Why does ancient Hebrew use a commercial term—"acquire"—for friendship? And what does "judging favorably" actually require (hint: it's not naivete)? Yehoshua ben Perachya fled persecution, lost a student to his own harsh judgment, and left us three pieces of wisdom that cut against everything modern culture teaches about self-sufficiency and snap judgments. This episode explores: Why choosing a mentor is an act you do to yourself, not to them The forgotten art of friendship that costs something The Rambam's three-tier framework for when to give people the benefit of the doubt—and when not to Dedicated l'ilui nishmas אדא שמואל בן חיים צבי הירש (AJ Jacobson) ז״ל.