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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> | ||
