#705: Your Attention, Please!

A D’var Torah about Pirkei Avot 3:7

May 07, 2025

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Tech companies are mining our attention spans as if we were dairy cows.

. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, הַמְהַלֵּךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְשׁוֹנֶה, וּמַפְסִיק מִמִּשְׁנָתוֹ וְאוֹמֵר, מַה נָּאֶה אִילָן זֶה וּמַה נָּאֶה נִיר זֶה, מַעֲלֶה עָלָיו הַכָּתוּב כְּאִלּוּ מִתְחַיֵּב בְּנַפְשׁוֹ:

Rabbo Shimon said: if one is studying while walking on the road and inter…

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