page_title: Melamed
hierarchical_section_title: Melamed
context_page_description: Melamed, Melammed in Biblical times denoted a religious teacher or instructor in general, but which in the Talmudic period was applied especially to a teacher of children, and was almost invariably followed by the word "tinokot". The Aramean equivalent was "makre dardeke".
  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.
context_section_description: Melamed, Melammed (Hebrew: מלמד‎, 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 Aramean equivalent was "makre dardeke".
  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.
caption: A Jewish father teaching a child in 19th-century Podolia.
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