HaShoneh Halachos for Wed, Sept 30, 2015

83. Paying Teachers 83. Paying TeachersHaShoneh Halachos for Wednesday, September 30, 2015 Talmud Torah 1:7 If the local practice is for the teacher of schoolchildren to receive payment, he should be paid. The father must pay for his son’s education until the child is able to read the entire written Torah. One is permitted to receive wages for teaching the written Torah in a place where the practice is to do so. One may not, however, receive wages for teaching the Oral Law as per Deuteronomy 4:5, “Behold, I have taught you laws and statutes, as God commanded me.” Just as Moshe learned Torah from God at no cost, he taught the nation at no cost. Similarly, future generations should be taught at no cost. However, if a person cannot find a teacher willing to teach pro bono, he must pay for his education as per Proverbs 3:23, “Buy truth.” This doesn’t mean that he can turn around and charge to teach others because the verse continues, “but do not sell.” We see that one may not charge to teach Torah even if his teacher charged him. Talmud Torah 1:8 Every Jewish man is obligated to study Torah, whether he is rich or poor, healthy or sickly, young or old. Even a poor man who lives off of charity and begs door to door, even if he is a husband and father, he must set a fixed time for to study Torah by day and night, as per Joshua 1:8 “You shall think about it day and night.” By Rabbi Jack AbramowitzProvided for informational purposes only. Please contact your rabbi for guidance in matters of practical application.View HaShoneh Halachos 2: Mishneh Torah Index » “Anyone who studies Jewish laws every day can rest assured that he has earned a place in the Next World...”(Talmud Megilla 28b, Niddah 73a) “One who learns in order to teach will be given the ability to learn and to teach but one who learns in order to perform will be given the ability to learn, to teach, to observe and to perform.”(Avos 4:5)   OU.ORG  |  NCSY  |  NJCD  |  OU Kosher   |  JLIC  |  Jewish Action  |  Advocacy  |  OU Job BoardShabbat Shalom  |  OU Press  |  OU Torah  |  OU Israel  |  Synagogue Services   Share this on  Facebook   |   Forward to a friend   |   Unsubscribe