The task of setting priorities carries with it an additional requirement and that is the need for maximum patience. The teacher must first restrain his
In the previous chapter, we discussed the skill of getting to know the student’s inner and outer realities. This skill corresponds to the sefirah of da’at (“knowledge”) because every
In the coming chapters, we will consider the seven skills necessary for an educator to be effective. These seven skills develop both logically and chronologically. They
Thus far, we have presented a kaleidoscopic view of the education process and its key components: inspiration and integration. Each turn of the lens has provided
Only when mediated by the self-critical aspect of justice does tzedakah (charity) have the power to draw God’s kindness into the world. This check and balance relationship is
The quality of grace (chen) is constantly paired with the attribute of kindness (chesed), and the phrase “grace and kindness” (chen v’chesed) appears often in
The only way for us to express our potential of grace and beauty, and insure that it comes from the side of holiness and not
Kabbalah teaches that each of the twelve tribes of Israel represents a particular sensitivity of soul: Yehuda relates to speech; Issachar to thought; Zebulin to
As we saw at the outset, the basic root of chinuch appears most frequently in the Bible in the sense of “inauguration” and “initiation” [see footnote #1]. However,
In the second of three paragraphs recited along with the Shema daily, we are informed that the amount of rain and its subsequent blessings depends ultimately on
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