Teaching Torah

Memory and Cognition

Educating one's children

Reward for teaching Torah

Teaching is more important than both learning and practicing [although, obviously, not a substitute for either]: Bava Kama 17a

On one who learns without teaching: Rosh HaShanah 23a

On one who teaches in a place where there are no other scholars: Rosh HaShanah 23a

The gravity of altering the Torah, such as by converting concrete commandments into abstract ideas: Megillah 25a

Teaching in a public place: Moed Katan 16a-b

Having a Mourner teach, although he is ordinarily forbidden to learn Torah, if he is needed: Moed Katan 21a

Publically teaching the laws of Pesach/all of the holidays, beginning 2 weeks/30 days beforehand: Pesachim 6a-b; Rosh HaShanah 7a

Publically teaching at the special bi-annual gatherings of learning [Kallah]: Moed Katan 16b

Hiding the secret sections of Torah: Pesachim 119a

Against teaching an ignorant [, practicing] judge: Shabbat 139a

Permission to split a verse while teaching it: Megillah 22a

Teaching one who has vowed renouncing benefit from him, or teaching his kids: Nedarim 35b, 36b-37a

Educators generally take a salary, and may take a salary, for teaching the Written Torah (specifically): Nedarim 36b-37a

Taking pay for teaching how to read the Written Torah, or for guarding the schoolchildren: Nedarim 37a-b

Honor of one who learned, but didn't teach: Megillah 28b

What happens if a teacher accidentally murders a student while disciplining him: Makkot 8a, 8b

Rav Acha removed a teacher for hitting the children too much, but Raveina returned him to his post because no one else could teach as well as he could: Makkot 16b

Exiling a teacher to a city of refuge, if he is in the middle of teaching Torah: Makkot 10a

Only a person who is expert in all areas of learning should teach publicly: Makkot 10a

One should only learn from a teacher who is pure: Moed Katan 17a

Teaching a student who doesn't behave well: Makkot 10a

Allowing the reading of a partial verse for education, because it is necessary: Taanit 27b

Beginning a Lesson with a joke: Pesachim 117a

One should teach [his child] out of a well-edited text, because once an error is learned, it is hard to correct it: Pesachim 112a

One must teach with the briefest possible phraseology: Pesachim 3b

Care required to prevent students from mistaking actions for incorrect Law: Berachot 11a

Use of mnemonics is important: Shabbat 104a; Eruvin 54b

Rav giving a mnemonic: Ketuvot 50a

Rav Simi bar Ashi giving a mnemonic: Ketuvot 50a

A teacher must be personally tough, but must teach gently: Taanit 4a

Don't accept children to school before the age of six. After that, press them with material like when feeding an ox: Ketuvot 50a

The risks and rewards of accepting a child in school before the age of six: Ketuvot 50a

Requiring immersion for purification after emitting seed, before one may teach Torah: Berachot 22b

Teaching different components of Torah while intoxicated: Keritot 13b

The translators of public Shabbat Classes will never see benefit from their salary, because it is so similar to Salary earned on Shabbat: Pesachim 50b

Learning Torah for the sake of Teaching it is termed "Torat Chesed [Torah of Generosity]": Succah 49b

One who teaches Torah to groups will, himself, gain a lot of Torah: Makkot 10a



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