Uri Cohen’s inquiry concerning the metaphor comparing a teacher to a “serving angelâ€.
In Sefer HaMakneh’s (Pinchos HaLevi Ish Hurvitz; 1731-1805) introduction to Masechet Kiddushin:
While the teacher must be like an angel, i.e., an “Omed†(standing stationary; based upon Yechezkel 1:7), unconcerned with his own growth, while teaching his charges…
Quoted in Jack Bieler, “Sensitizing Day School Teachers to Issues in Values Education,†Ten Da’at 7:1, Fall 1993, pp. 10-3.
Yaakov Bieler
Silver Spring, MD
