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Rav Yehuda concludes this discussion by saying that someone who wants to become pious should take great care regarding the laws of nezikin. Rava says that he should keep the rules enumerated in Massekhet Avot, and some say he should keep the laws of Berakhot.
The Rashba and Rabbeinu Yehonatan suggest that these three sets of rules are quoted because we find in each one of them specific references to how pious Jews are supposed to act.
We explore the ethical dimensions of civil law.