How Did the Rabbis Learn Hebrew?
Balshanut summarizes Philip S. Alexander’s article “How did the Rabbis learn Hebrew?” Hebrew was acquired in the Jewish school system, and schools were widespread in Jewish communities of Palestine from late Second Temple times into the Talmudic period. The elementary level was the Bet Sefer (ages 6 – 9) followed by the Bet Talmud (9-13). [...]