Were the Ba’alei Tosafos Familiar with Aesop or Buddhism?
Were the Ba’alei Tosafos Familiar with Aesop or Buddhism? By Rabbi Akiva Males I – The European Cheder Rebbi and the Ba’alei Tosafos[1] While completing my Kollel studies in the early 2000’s, I took part in a well-run teacher’s training program. During one session, a noted Jewish educator shared the following first-hand experience: In speaking with an old-school European cheder rebbi years earlier, he asked that rebbi how he shared positive reinforcement with his young charges. The rebbi was confused…
