Questions tagged [chinuch-education]
Questions about Jewish education, also known as Chinuch.
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What is the difference between mida k'negged mida and nekama
Not a kasha, a sincere question. What is the exact reason that mida k'negged mida is not considered revenge?
Issues that may or may not be relevant:
Is it just because it is Hashem doing it?
Does ...
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Humans allowed to engage mida k'negged mida?
In my related question, What is the difference between mida k'negged mida and nekama, it was brought that the point of midda k'negged mida (one of the points, at least), is to help someone wake up ...
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Do Jews believe in exorcism and what is the biblical basis for it?
Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians believe in exorcisms (ie the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person) but does the Jewish ...
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Does The Entire Orthodox World Hold Rashi In The Same Regard?
I know how integral Rashi’s Torah Commentary is in the Askenaz community (in their Yeshivot they begin teaching it pretty much as soon as kids can read). I was wondering if this was also true in the ...
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Repeating first beracha of shemonah Esrei when know will have kavona with another siddur
I recently purchased a siddur for my son who has autism called siddur lakol (see below link to digital version). It uses symbols instead of words for each word.
https://www.jweb.org.uk/siddur-lakol
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May Jews dress a child under the age of bar or bat mitzvah in clothing of the opposite gender
According to Halacha, may Jews dress a child under the age of bar or bat mitzvah in clothing of the opposite gender or no? Would it be forbidden because of the mitzvah of Chinuch, and this is a ...
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Teaching Gemara to a beginner to prepare for yeshiva. Goal is basic fluency. Looking for a simple perek/masechet to learn. Thanks!
He's a senior in high school and a very smart, analytical fellow though he lacks some basic textual skills because he's in public school. Going for gap year yeshiva next year and they said he should ...
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Is it considered "marit ayin" if boys and girls stroll together on Shabbat?
I have heard of a number of yeshivot that have a strict rule regarding boys and girls being with each other. Their rule is "simple" - outside of your own family members, it should be never for any ...
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Learn more in depth vs basics with someone else
If a learned person has the choice of learning something by themselves that they never learned before and going in depth into it, vs learning with someone who otherwise wouldn’t learn but you’d be ...
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Hashkafic reasons for not teaching secular topics
What are hashkafic reasons that some Jewish schools not teach secular science and only focus on religious education, when there are doctrines in Kabbalah about the natural universe being ...
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Bar Mitzva Blessing [duplicate]
When a father says for his son ברוך שפטרני מעונשו של זה after his son read from the Torah-roll, he is according to some opinions, not only freeing himself from the punishment of his son's ...
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Torah-teaching of Rav Edelstein zt"l: enjoy your learning
I've heard a shiur from Rabbi Daniel Glatstein on the teachings of Rav Gershon Edelstein zt"l in which Rav Edelstein zt"l describes what the obligations of a teacher of Torah should have in ...
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Are women allowed to write a commentary on a book of Tanakh in Orthodox Judaism?
Miryam was a prophetess, and Deborah was a judge. Are women allowed to teach men or to write a commentary on a book of Tanakh according to halakhah?
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What is the Torah position on home schooling vs. institutionalised education?
Is there a preference, in Torah/Talmud/traditional sources, between sending a child to a large (Jewish traditional) school, vs. the parents (assuming they are frum, and have the time and resources), ...
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Socialising children - what does the Torah say?
Does the Torah have anything to say on socialising children?
There are many relevant points. I would like to know at what age and in what method should one do so. Included in these points:
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Difference between positive and negative Mitzvos when it comes to Chinuch
The Mishnah Berurah (343:3) writes that when it comes to positive Mitzvos, Chinuch begins from when the child is able to understand the purpose of that specific Mitzvah, but when it comes to negative ...
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Quality books of fiction with a strong/positive Jewish message for teens/adults
My children (BH) are avid readers, enjoy fiction and happily read books of considerable length. I am looking for books, novels, fiction, historical fiction that are interesting (primarily for teens) ...
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Washing a newborn's hands in the morning - identifying sources
I am currently looking at the concept of Negel Vasser - washing hands in the morning, and how it pertains to chinuch.
There is an apparent machlokes amongst the poskim with there being those who say:
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Is posting Torah to the internet considered teaching gentiles Torah?
Does the prohibition of teaching Torah to gentiles encompass putting Torah out on the internet for all to see?
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Does contemporary orthodox Judaism teach that "Satan" exists?
The figure of Satan (and not a שטן, which can be used as an adjective or a role) - an opposite counterpart to God, or a rebellious angel who has embraced, and epitomizes evil - is quite prominent in ...
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Broken family, what resources does Judaism offer in books, teaching, old and contemporary about incorporating loving parent archetypes?
Both mother and father were entirely demonstrative of negative aspects only. Would like to utilize Judaic teachings, perhaps in a contemporary orthodox-oriented book that's very well written and ...
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Which books have lots of chassidic and kabbalah insights on regular, halachic gemaras?
I teach a gemara shiur to older folks, with a focus on skill-building (understanding the structure and logic behind the gemara).
I find that sometimes -- to give a little peek at how the Torah is so ...
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What are Obligations of teachers to their students
What are the obligations of a teacher of the Torah to his students. Or what are the laws that a teacher, rebbe, Rav must follow.
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Is it permissible to cheat at board games?
Board games have absolutely no value - there is nothing won and nothing lost.
In such a situation is it permissible according to halakhah to cheat?
I am asking, not to find a reason to be deceitful ...
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Are Magna-Tiles allowed on Shabbat?
There is a Rabbinic prohibition on constructing a temporary canopy (ohel arai; see e.g. Shabbath 137b) a tefach or greater with walls that are also a tefach or greater. Considering that this is often/...
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How many hours a day should we dedicate to spending time with our children vs. learning?
As far as I can tell from experience, common wisdom, common sense and perhaps my Torah learning, it seems quality time spent talking, playing and generally interacting with one's parents is like ...
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High School Math in the Talmud
I'm currently tutoring someone in math that has an atitude of "what's the point of all this... why would I ever need this..." (which is typical of many high-schoolers). To try to pique his interest, I ...
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How does Judaism regard homeschooling?
The title quite says it. I'm specifically more interested in unschooling....
It is said in Ktubot, 50a, that:
אמר רב יצחק באושא התקינו שיהא אדם מתגלגל עם בנו עד שתים עשרה שנה מכאן
ואילך יורד עמו ...
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Father liable for his own hitting?
So a father “gets all the sins” of his son until the son becomes a bar mitzvah, where he is then responsible for his own sins. But if a son below bar mitzvah hits his father, violating a לא תעשה, does ...
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To what extent would the kings of Israel and Judah have been involved in the upbringing and instruction of their children?
To what extent would the kings of Israel and Judah have been involved in the upbringing and instruction of their children? Are there any Biblical references that can help determine this?
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Did the Jews share some of the oral Torah's teachings and stories with the gentiles before the the 7th century?
I have found out that some Christians before the 7th century knew and borrowed concepts that are not found in the Tanakh but are found in the midrash, e.g., the story of Abraham and Nimrod, the story ...
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Lifnei Iver for a chinuch-age child
Is there a prohibition of lifnei iver (causing or being an accessory to someone else's sinning) for a child who has reached the age of chinuch (education to mitzvos, the point at which he/she should ...
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Are there any teachings about "tough love?"
Sometimes, in order for one to learn, one must experience the failure of the ideas one believes to be true which are, in fact, not true. If the student in this process is a child or someone under the ...
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Did the Levites and Priests Ever Teach the Oral Law? If not, Why not?
I've learned that the basic transmission of the oral law was: Moses > Joshua > Elders > Prophets > Great Assembly > Specific Rabbis
But this seems to run contradictory from what we'd ...
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From Moshe to Moshe... no one greater?
On Maimonides tomb is written the epitaph: “From Moshe to Moshe, none arose like Moshe!”
We can read in many sources (e.g. http://asknoah.org/essay/rambam) that this implies Rambam was the greatest ...
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Differences in Biblical literalism between different Haredi movements
When interpreting Biblical passages, some are taken absolutely literally (the Exodus), some are advised not to be taken literally (for example the days of the Creation), and some are commanded not to ...
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Semichas haparshios between Shemini and Tazria
I have seen a fairly well-known dvar torah numerous times that links the end of the Parshas Shemini with the beginning of Parshas Tazria - but I am trying to find the source of it.
The vort is as ...
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Masechta Kiddushin: Teaching your son a craft/trade - apparent contradiction?
Do any mefarshim make the following observation?
The gemara in Kiddushin 29a famously says:
תְּנֵינָא לְהָא דְּתָנוּ רַבָּנַן הָאָב חַיָּיב בִּבְנוֹ לְמוּלוֹ וְלִפְדוֹתוֹ וּלְלַמְּדוֹ תּוֹרָה ...
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Why does the speaker not attribute to ALL sources?
On 16b of Masechet Avodah Zarah, the gemara recounts a situation in which R' Zeira tells of a fact he learned from R' Yehudah. R' Yehudah learned it from someone important but doesn't recall if it was ...
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Gemara B'iyun - Teaching and Learning [closed]
I want to learn Gemara b'iyun in the same way that it is learned in the great Yeshivos.
Please can I have suggestions of source material that will take me forward in this.
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Why is hitting children Halachically allowed?
Corporal punishment for children is was a as a prescription for effective Torah learning, as it says :
"He who spares the rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him early." ...
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May a girl/women receive voice lessons by a male instructor?
Private one-on-one lessons, not group lessons.
All Halachos of Yichud and Shomer Negiah are being kept to, so I guess the main question that remains is regarding the live Kol Isha (which is being ...
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Why isn't Moses mentioned teaching Torah to his sons?
The Torah says:
This is the line of Aaron and Moses at the time that the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. These were the names of Aaron’s sons: Nadav, the first-born, and Avihu, Eleazar and ...
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Who is "your teacher"?
There is an injunction that you may not give a halakhic opinion in the presence of "your teacher". The Talmud says:
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How to make Torah learning inspiring
How does one, as a teacher, make Torah learning inspiring for one's students? Advice on what material to teach is appreciated, but more importantly I want to know how to teach it in a way that ...
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Buying pasul arba minim or non-arba minim for your small child
The Shulchan Aruch in siman 657 says that a child which knows how to shake the lulav properly, his father is obligated to buy a lulav for him (because of chinuch).
The Beur Halacha d"h keday ...
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Does a teacher have to ask forgiveness for embarrassing a student after scolding him?
If a teacher/rebbi scolded a student for making fun of another student, and this rebuke was given in front of others, which embarrassed the student, does the rebbi have to ask that student for ...
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Shul, Children and Chinuch
Someone once told me parents should not bring their children (i.e. that are below chinuch – they are not capable of being quiet on their own) to shul if they are going to disturb. It is also better ...
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Chinuch in personal hygiene
Are there any sources (from any period in time as long as they come from a respectable source please) that demonstrates the need to educate one's child in the importance of cleanliness and personal ...
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How should a Rabbi resemble an angel?
The Gemmorah in Moed Katan 17 says:
א"ר יוחנן... אם דומה הרב למלאך ה' יבקשו תורה מפיו
ואם לאו אל יבקשו תורה מפיו
Rabbi Yoḥanan said as follows: ... If the teacher is similar to an angel [...
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