Education

The scratch in the seedling... The art of toddling... A Yeshivah in Egypt... The benefits of being stupid when you're old... and fourteen other stories, insights and essays on education

Jewish education (חִנּוּךְ, "chinuch," in Hebrew) has sustained the Jewish people even before we became a people. According to tradition, Jacob had his son Judah found an academy of Torah learning even before he and his descendants moved to Egypt. “And yo...

Lessons from the Torah regarding proper childrearing and education.

According to biblical law, a child is not obligated to observe mitzvot until reaching adulthood. Nevertheless, there’s a mitzvah of rabbinic origin for parents to train their children to do mitzvot and to avoid doing things that the Torah forbids.

Why do we go to such extremes in educating our children--extremes to which we don't go in any other area of life? Turns out, there's a good reason...

Conventional education is about feeding information and skills. Chinuch means much more.

Jewish education, when done by the book, is not quite what you would have expected. Keep in mind that we’re talking about Judaism’s most vital institution. Jews make major decisions in their lives (like where they are going to live and how much they need ...

In a time of sweeping change Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson advocated radically progressive methodologies, marked by their striking relevance to new theoretical paradigms, in the cause of traditional Judaism.

The Haggadah teaches us how to respond to the unique needs of four different types of children, or possibly the same child, depending on the circumstances and the motivation behind the question.

A master educator shares personal guidance from the Rebbe.