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#The primary obligation is teaching Torah and learning Torah is a necessary step in order to teach.<ref>Gemara Brachot 14b, Gemara Bava Kama 17a, Ritva 14b, Pirkei Avot 4:6, Rambam Talmud Torah 1:1</ref> | #The primary obligation is teaching Torah and learning Torah is a necessary step in order to teach.<ref>Gemara Brachot 14b, Gemara Bava Kama 17a, Ritva 14b, Pirkei Avot 4:6, Rambam Talmud Torah 1:1</ref> | ||
#It is extremely important that children learn Torah and we shouldn't stop them from learning in order to fulfill another mitzvah. We shouldn't interrupt children learning Torah to participate in the building of the bet hamikdash.<ref>Gemara Shabbat 119b, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 245:13</ref> | #It is extremely important that children learn Torah and we shouldn't stop them from learning in order to fulfill another mitzvah. We shouldn't interrupt children learning Torah to participate in the building of the bet hamikdash.<ref>Gemara Shabbat 119b, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 245:13</ref> This applies to even to older children as long as they are learning from their rebbe.<ref>Chinuch Habanim Lmitzvot p. 10 citing Chovot Hatalmidim ch. 1 </ref> The world continues to exist because of the Torah that the young students learn.<ref>Shabbat 119b, Chinuch Habanim Lmitzvot p. 10</ref> | ||
#We excommunicate a city in order to ensure that it has an educator.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 245:7 and if the city still refuses, we destroy the city.</ref> | #We excommunicate a city in order to ensure that it has an educator.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 245:7 and if the city still refuses, we destroy the city.</ref> | ||
# Education of children shouldn't stop except on Friday and Erev Yom Tov at the end of the day.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 245:12</ref> | |||
# You can't teach new learning to children on Shabbat so that it isn't too strenuous but you can review.<ref>Gemara Nedarim 37a, Shulchan Aruch Y.D. 245:14</ref> | |||
==Who can be a Teacher== | ==Who can be a Teacher== | ||
#A single man can't be a teacher since he might become secluded with the mothers of the children he is teaching whether he is teaching girls or boys.<ref>Shulchan Aruch E.H. 22:20. See Pitchei Teshuva 22:13 who writes that some questioned the minhag to have a single man as a teacher.</ref> A married man can be a teacher even if he is another city.<ref>Chelkat Mechokek 22:21 states that even for a married man if the man's husband is outside the city it is a problem of yichud in case the mothers of the children come. Bet Shmuel 22:22 agrees. However, Pitchei Teshuva 22:13 cites Rabbi Akiva Eiger who cites Lechem Rav 4 who is lenient if the male teacher is married even if his wife is in another city.</ref> | #A single man can't be a teacher since he might become secluded with the mothers of the children he is teaching whether he is teaching girls or boys.<ref>Shulchan Aruch E.H. 22:20. See Pitchei Teshuva 22:13 who writes that some questioned the minhag to have a single man as a teacher.</ref> A married man can be a teacher even if he is another city.<ref>Chelkat Mechokek 22:21 states that even for a married man if the man's husband is outside the city it is a problem of yichud in case the mothers of the children come. Bet Shmuel 22:22 agrees. However, Pitchei Teshuva 22:13 cites Rabbi Akiva Eiger who cites Lechem Rav 4 who is lenient if the male teacher is married even if his wife is in another city.</ref> | ||
#A woman can't be a teacher since she might become secluded with the fathers of the children he is teaching whether he is teaching girls or boys.<ref>Shulchan Aruch E.H. 22:20</ref> | #A woman can't be a teacher since she might become secluded with the fathers of the children he is teaching whether he is teaching girls or boys.<ref>Shulchan Aruch E.H. 22:20</ref> Today the minhag is that there are female teachers.<ref>Avnei Derech 5:66 citing Shevet Halevi 4:16, 10:235 and Teshuvot Vehanhagot 5:332</ref> Some say that female teachers should not teach boys older than 9 years old.<ref>Igrot Moshe YD 3:73 writes that it is permitted to hire a female teacher for little children since there's no yichud in our schools which are open to the public. Also, for children under 9 there's no concern that she will become motivated to sin. However, with boys older than 9 there is a concern and she shouldn't be hired unless there is a great extenuating circumstance. Tzitz Eliezer 14:97 agrees that a female shouldn't teach boys above 9.</ref> | ||
===Need for Teachers=== | ===Need for Teachers=== | ||
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==Charging Tuition== | ==Charging Tuition== | ||
See [[Laws_of_Learning_Torah#Teaching_Torah]] | See [[Laws_of_Learning_Torah#Teaching_Torah]] | ||
==Torah Curriculum to Teach Children== | ==Torah Curriculum to Teach Children== | ||
