Teaching in Courtyards
Those who teach children [in the courtyard of an insula] and those who prepare banquets for each other, their neighbors can protest against them. This one can say to him, “They come and go; they ask for you but cannot find you; and they increase the traffic for us [in the shared residential areas].”
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y. Mo‘ed Katan 3:1, 81d|y. Megillah 1:11, 71d|y. Ḥagigah 1:7, 76c
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Sifre Deuteronomy 46
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b. Bava Batra 21a
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A Pedagogue Leads a Prince to Evil
Genesis Rabbah 28:6
R. Yudan said, “[The matter may be compared] to a king who handed his son over to a pedagogue, and he led him into evil ways. The king became angry with his son and killed him. The king said, ‘Nobody…
A Pedagogue Aids in Violence
Leviticus Rabbah 2:5; 10:3
2:5. R. Simeon b. Yoḥai said, “[This may be compared] to a king who had an only son. Every day he instructed a member of his household and said to him: ‘Make sure that my son eats! Make sure that my…
Scribal Exercise
Part of the process of scribal training in antiquity involved writing abecedaries, or practice alphabets. This Hebrew abecedary was found at Qumran, the archaeological site associated with the Dead…