melamed
Sign in to savethumb|right|A Jewish father teaching a child in 19th-century Podolia. Melamed, Melammed ( "teacher") in Biblical times denoted a religious teacher or instructor in general (e.g., in Psalm 119:99 and Proverbs 5:13), but which in the Talmudic period was applied especially to a teacher of children, and was almost invariably followed by the word tinokot ( "children"). The Aramaic equivalent was .
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thumb|right|A Jewish father teaching a child in 19th-century Podolia. Melamed, Melammed ( "teacher") in Biblical times denoted a religious teacher or instructor in general (e.g., in Psalm 119:99 and Proverbs 5:13), but which in the Talmudic period was applied especially to a teacher of children, and was almost invariably followed by the word tinokot ( "children"). The Aramaic equivalent was .
The melamed was appointed by the community, and there were special regulations determining how many children he might teach, as well as rules governing the choice of applicants for the office and the dismissal of a melamed. These regulations were extended and augmented in the post-Talmudic period.