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11-01-2011
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GOD SQUAD: Why does the Talmud say boys must be taught to swim?
Q: Why does the Talmud (the post biblical work that codified rabbinic Judaism) say that Jewish father must teach his son three things: to earn a living, to study Torah each day, and to swim? It’s this last one that doesn’t fit. The usual answer offered to me is “to save a life” — but historically, most Jews haven’t lived on the waterfront. ’ve pondered this for many of my 83 years.
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