Q&A: The Breath of Schoolchildren
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This is an English translation (via GPT-5.4). Read the original Hebrew version.
The Breath of Schoolchildren
Question
What does it mean that the world endures only by virtue of the breath of schoolchildren? Why isn't an adult more important—someone who studies and serves God by choice—rather than an infant (or child) who did not choose, but serves only because of his parents and teachers?
Answer
You shouldn’t take every saying literally. The intent is only to say that the learning of children is important.
Or could it be that there is a certain value in doing good without the slightest trace of evil, even at the expense of choice, compared to a person who chooses and sometimes fails?