 | 1867 - 602 pages
...with the custom of the Jews (it was a saying, even among Jews of wealth and rank, that " the man who does not teach his son a handicraft teaches him to be a thief,") was peculiarly common in Cilicia, which produced goat's-hair cloth, of which tents were often made,... | |
 | Baer Spiers - Education in rabbinical literature - 1898 - 140 pages
...displeasure of society, because his social existence in general would be imperilled. It is further stated, ' Whosoever does not teach his son a handicraft, teaches him to be a thief ;' 2 ' He who occupies himself only with the study of the Law, and nothing else, is like one who has... | |
 | Baer Spiers - Education in rabbinical literature - 1898 - 152 pages
...displeasure of society, because his social existence in general would be imperilled. It is further stated, ' Whosoever does not teach his son a handicraft, teaches him to be a thief ;'2 ' He who occupies himself only with the study of the Law, and nothing else, is like one who has... | |
 | George Washington Andrew Luckey - Education - 1903 - 418 pages
...instructed in the law so also should he have his son taught some handicraft or profession. Whoever does not teach his son a handicraft teaches him to be a thief." " Are both panting under some heavy burden ? — the teacher must be relieved first, and then the father... | |
 | Education - 1903 - 422 pages
...instructed in the law so also should he have his son taught some handicraft or profession. Whoever does not teach his son a handicraft teaches him to be a thief." " Are both panting under some heavy burden ? — the teacher must be relieved first, and then the father;... | |
 | Ellwood Patterson Cubberley - Education - 1904 - 640 pages
...thine own. 10 He who gives instruction to an unworthy pupil will suffer for the consequences thereof. r 11 The study of the Law is very important because...more from his school-fellows, but most of all from hia pupils. 14 The instruction of children should not be interrupted, even for the purpose of building... | |
 | Ellwood P. Cubberley - Education - 1904 - 640 pages
...his son taught some handicraft or profession. Whosoever does not teach his son a handicraft tenches him to be a thief. 13 One learns much from his teachers, more from his school-fellows, but most of all 14 The instruction of children should not be interrupted, even for the purpose of building a Holy Temple.... | |
 | George Washington Andrew Luckey - Education - 1916 - 208 pages
...instructed in the law so also should he have his son taught some handicraft or profession. Whoever does not teach his son a handicraft teaches him to be a thief." "Are both panting under some heavy burden? — the teacher must be relieved first, and then the father;... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 542 pages
...himself only with the study of the Law, and nothing else, is like one who has no God." And again : " Whosoever does not teach his son a handicraft teaches him to be a thief." Some of the greatest of the rabbins were handicraftsmen, like St. Dunstan of English fame, whose blacksmith's... | |
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Just as a man is bound to have his son instructed in the Law, so also should he have his son taught some handicraft or profession. Whosoever does not teach his son a handicraft teaches him to be a thief. 