ספר החינוך מצוה תיט
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.
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?
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)