Pirkei Avot consists of the Mishnaic tractate of Avot , the second - to - last tractate in the order of Nezikin in the Mishnah , plus one additional chapter .
Because of its contents , the name is sometimes given as Ethics of the Fathers .
Ethics of the Fathers   consists of the Mishnaic tractate of Avot , the second - to - last tractate in the order of Nezikin in the Mishnah , plus one additional chapter .
Because of its contents , the name is sometimes given as Ethics of the Fathers .