Sefer HaChinuch, Mitzvah 419

ספר החינוך מצוה תיט

Original Text:

וכן מה שאמרו [ב"ב כ"א ע"א] שחייב הציבור שבכל מקום ומקום להושיב מלמדי תינוקות, ועיר שאין בה תינוקות של בית רבן תחרב, וכ"ה תינוקות מושיבין אצל מלמד אחד.

Translation:

This is what they said (Baba Batra 21a): Communities everywhere have an obligation to appoint teachers for their children. A city without school children will be destroyed. 25 children should be taught by one teacher.
[translation by AJWS]

Suggested Discussion Questions:

1. What are the educational values that this text is trying to teach?
2. What opportunities are provided to our children when we give them an education?

Time Period:	Medieval (Geonim through the 16th Century)
Type:	Legal Text
Categories:	Tikkun Olam, Education
Keywords:	teacher, students, learn, children
Related Texts:	Sefer HaChinuch, Mitzvah 419

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