Maimonides codified that striking a child in anger makes the teacher wicked

Evidence

The teacher should engage the children — not with harsh language and severity, but with words of affection. He should guide them with gentleness. He should not strike them with a cruel blow, nor with severe blows, but only with a small strap; not on their heads, but only on their bodies. And if he strikes them in a moment of hot anger, behold, that one is wicked. And he should not terrify them, but rather make himself sweet before them, like a father. … This is the central naming. Rasha — wicked — is, in the rabbinic tradition’s moral-legal vocabulary, one of the strongest categorical denunciations available. — , The Rod and the Child, 2513

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the technical term rasha and its weight within the rabbinic moral-legal vocabulary.
• XREF: connects to: Maimonides called teachers who beat children cruelly wicked men — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 231

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Broader Connections

• Maimonides called teachers who beat children cruelly wicked men #corroborates (0.90) — , The Rod and the Child, 231