Welcome to An Ethical `Start^® store. We have designed these products for you and your child to help you bring Pirkei Avot into your home. The links below are not functioning at this time while we are testing the site. Please contact Miriam Healy to place your order.

See larger image Peer K. Explorer® Books The six books are written in a way that supports the asking of open-ended questions and can spark conversations between parents and children. Parents will marvel at the complex level of thinking that their children are capable of as they discuss the very big ideas in these teachings. These books can provide the opportunity for parents and children to think together. Who is Wise? What's on the Inside? Acquire a Friend Turn it and Turn it Everything Matters, Everything Counts $30.00 Order now

See larger image Musical CD A musical CD entitled An Ethical Start® is a collection of 16 original children's songs with themes from Pirkei Avot. We hope you play them, sing along with them and enjoy the songs. Learn the actual words of the mishna in Hebrew and in English and enjoy the ease with which you can teach the values to your children. $18.00 Order now

See larger image Peer K Explorer® Doll Peer K. Explorer®’s name is a play on the title of his favorite book: Pirkei Avot which means ‘Chapter’s of the Father’s’. He has a study partner in Dafna and together they demonstrate the incredible journey one can take into the words of this ancient Jewish text. They look beneath the surface of everything including the literal words on the page and by so doing reveal a wisdom that is useful in daily life. $125.00 Order now

See larger image An Ethical Start® Posters The posters are taken from the six books we wrote for families to read together. The images can hang in a child’s bedroom or be framed and hung anywhere. Remember to hang them low so the child can easily see them. 1. Pirkei Avot is a treasure book filled with tools to guide us. 2. Pirkei Avot 1:14 – Hillel says: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? 3. Pirke Avot 4:1 – Ben Zoma says: Who is wise? 4. Pirkei Avot 4:3 – [Ben Azzai] used to say: Do not be scornful of any person 5. Pirkei Avot 4:27 – Rabbi Meir says: Do not look at the jug, but at what is in it 6. Pirkei Avot 5:26 – Ben Bag Bag says: Turn it and turn it (the Torah), for everything is in it. $25.00 Order now

See larger image An Ethical Start® Children's T-shirt Each T-shirt depicts Dafna and Peer K. Explorer and highlights a teaching from Pirkei Avot. They are made from high level cotton. $18.00 Size 4T 6-8 Order now