Schooling had a famous ladder: “At five years of age the study of Scripture; at ten the Mishnah; at thirteen subject to the commandments; at fifteen the Talmud; at eighteen the bridal canopy.” Teaching began at home, children even had special little parchment rolls holding the Shema, the Hallel psalms, and Genesis 1–8, and the command was personal: “teach them diligently unto thy children” (Deut 6:7).
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- Deuteronomy 6:7bsb
And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
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