Jewish Education Research Paper

Jewish education

The education of a Jewish person is very important for the rest of that person’s life. The Jewish education was split into two types. One was the informal education and the other was the formal lessons. Before the first century, the information would be passed on from the mother to the child. Using this style of teaching, the mother would teach the child, mainly practical idea and information. This style of teaching was considered to shape many things. An idea that was considered to be shaped by the education of a child was the child perspective on the idea of being a Jewish person.
The idea of a ‘single person education’ was supposed to concentrate on only one person. Then in the first century, a sage called sage Joshua

Ben Gamla considered that the Jewish people should have a legitimate education. The very important items required for a legitimate education are to be taught in a sanctuary. There was also another law made that when a child is six or over, they had to be educated in a sanctuary. On the other hand, when a child was under the age of 6, the mother was allowed to give the child a basic education.
Unlike the lessons taught by mothers, the real education had a legitimate structure to be taught by. The main lessons taught were how to read, write and count. They were only taught in sanctuaries by teachers who were married men. The systematic education had increased the amount of people who could read or write.
When Jewish children were taught, they would write using a stylus, a tablet, ink or broken clay pots. Having two different ends on the stylus, each had its own purpose. The pointed ends was used to write with and the blunt side was to erase. The table was covered in wax, thus making it easier to write on while using the stylus. The ink was made out of resin, oil, soot and water.
Jewish children were only taught that consonants were written in the alphabet. Even though vowels were not written in the alphabet, they were still included in the alphabet, but it was just expressed. As well as that, the Jewish language was read from right to left.