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Why must a teacher's entire yeshiva accompany him to exile if he accidentally kills someone, while only the teacher follows an exiled student? The Gemara (גמרא) in Makkos 10a reveals that teachers bear contributory responsibility when they teach unworthy students who later cause harm. This explains the asymmetry: the teacher's poor judgment creates liability, but a student learning from an unworthy teacher doesn't contribute to that teacher's potential harmful actions.
This shiur analyzes a complex Aggadic passage from Makkos 10a dealing with the laws of cities of refuge (arei miklat) and their connection to Torah (תורה) study. The Gemara (גמרא) establishes two fundamental halachos: first, when a student who accidentally kills someone (shogeg) is exiled to a city of refuge, his teacher must accompany him to provide vitality and continued learning (ovid lei midi dehevi lei chiyus). The Rambam (רמב"ם) explains this is because Torah scholars who seek wisdom are considered like dead without their teachers. The second halacha (הלכה) states that if a teacher accidentally kills someone, his entire yeshiva must accompany him to exile. Rabbi Zweig grapples with understanding the Marshall's commentary, which asks why Rab Zeira only derived one direction of this teaching - that one shouldn't teach an unworthy student (talmid she'ein hu hogun) due to the risk of exile - but didn't similarly warn against learning from an unworthy teacher.
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Makkos 10a
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