Guide
Education
By Carol Bakhos
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All practices, employments, and studies, for us, refer back to piety toward God; for [Moses] did not leave any of these phenomena unexamined or indeterminate. All education and the training of habits…
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And teach them to your children (Deuteronomy 11:19–21): your sons and not your daughters, the words of R. Yosi b. Akiva. On the basis of the verse at hand they [the rabbis] have said: When a child…
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For R. Judah said [that] Rav said: That man shall truly be remembered for good, and Joshua b. Gamla is his name. For without him the Torah would have been forgotten in Israel. For in the beginning, he…
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The Rabbis’ Monopoly on Torah Study
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Rabbinic Study Sessions
And how many benches were there? R. Jacob b. Sisi said: Eighty benches were there for the disciples of sages, besides those who were standing beyond the fence. R. Yosi b. R. Abun said: Three hundred…