tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301845215340975827.post8841715810579892565..comments2023-11-02T01:41:40.659-07:00Comments on homeschool chumash: Unschooling and Limudei Kodesh (Judaic studies)arijesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04054624664476807741noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301845215340975827.post-73315003194242448612012-05-17T04:05:30.675-07:002012-05-17T04:05:30.675-07:00i read this in mifgashim:
"Owing to the magn...i read this in mifgashim:<br /><br />"Owing to the magnitude of their illiteracy, American Jews have broken new ground in Jewish incompetence. Translation is an ancient Jewish activity, of course—the sanctity of the Hebrew language notwithstanding, the rabbis always insisted that Jews understand the sacred words that they read and hear and utter. Meaningfulness sometimes demands accommodations and adjustments, and we are the enemies of meaninglessness. But no Jewry has ever been as pathetically dependent upon translation as American Jewry.”<br /><br />I'd like to point out, though, that no Jewry has had access to such a wealth of translation, either. We are probably the generation that has memorized the least, too.arijesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054624664476807741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301845215340975827.post-23868119456665012302012-05-15T16:41:54.169-07:002012-05-15T16:41:54.169-07:00Wow. Great post, Jessie! Here's the translatio...Wow. Great post, Jessie! Here's the translation of that Rambam from <a href="http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/682956/jewish/Mishneh-Torah.htm" rel="nofollow">Chabad.org</a>: <br /><br /><i>Children should be brought to study [under a teacher's instruction] at the age of six or seven, according to the child's health and build. Below the age of six, he should not be brought [to a teacher].<br /><br />A teacher may employ corporal punishment to cast fear upon [the students]. However, he should not beat them cruelly, like an enemy. Therefore, he should not beat them with a rod or a staff, but rather with a small strap.<br /><br />[The teacher] should sit and instruct them the entire day and for a portion of the night, to train them to study during the day and night. The children should not neglect [their studies] at all, except at the end of the day on the eve of the Sabbaths and festivals and on the festivals themselves. On the Sabbath, they should not begin new material. However, they should review what was learned already.<br /><br />The children should never be interrupted from their studies, even for the building of the Temple.</i>Agur bin Yakehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476006892893828340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4301845215340975827.post-26216488234402571722012-05-15T14:35:43.283-07:002012-05-15T14:35:43.283-07:00I hope you don't mind, but I have "review...I hope you don't mind, but I have "reviewed" this post and <a href="http://ronypony.blogspot.ca/2012/05/wow-unschooling-perspective-on-torah.html" rel="nofollow">linked to it</a> - with the strong exhortation that every one of my readers take a look at what you have to say here.<br />Thank you... this is very well-said.Jennifer in MamaLandhttp://ronypony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com