Akavya ben Mehallalel was a very early Talmudic sage, but it is not until the beginning of Chapter Three that we get to hear from him. "Remember where you come from, where you'll end up, and to whom you will one day have to give a reckoning -- and then you won't sin!" Rabbi Dunner dissects this curious statement with the help of a classic piece from the Maharal of Prague.
