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Accidental Talmudist: Day 2,558 – A Teacher Like Mrs. Schreiber

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March 16, 2012

If I ask you to name a teacher who influenced you, does a name and a face come to mind?

We were recently asked to recall such teachers by a young rabbi at ” target=”_blank” title=”http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/rashi.html”>Rashi says the writing of such laws is not literally like burning a Torah Scroll, but rather that the essence of the Oral Torah is its oral transmission, and it is thus forbidden to engage in an activity that will undermine that process. (Shabbos 6b)

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Sal shares a bit of Jewish wisdom at “>accidentaltalmudist.org.

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