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4. The young עקיבא
ָ ִַ
did not know the
א-בand he could
ּ
not read Hebrew.
5. When he was
older he married
.רח.לThey lived in
ֵָ .ל
a small, simple
home.
6. עקביב אthought he
ַָ ביִ א
was too old to
start learning . א-ב
ּ.
רח לdisagreed and
ֵאָ ל
said, “You are not
too old. I am sure
you will be able to
learn ”. .ּור.ה
ָתָרֹ א
7. One day, עקביב א
ַָ ביִ א
took his sheep to
drink from a
stream. He saw a
big rock in the
stream that had a
hole in it.
8. Above the hole he
saw water dripping
onto the rock.
Slowly, after many
years, the constant
drip of water on
the rock had worn
a hole.
9. עקביב אthought to
ַָ ביִ א
himself:
“Even something
that is as soft as
water can change
something as hard
as rock if it never
stops dripping!
10. If I try really hard
and put a lot of
effort in, if I never
give up maybe I
will be able to
learn how to read
Hebrew and then I
can learn ”!תור.ה
ָ.ָּרֹ א
11. When he was 40
years old, עקביב א
ַָ ביִ א
went to school to
learn how to read
Hebrew.
He learned how to
read ,' א' - בhow to
say ּפביל הand how
ְָ ביִ א
ת
to learn the .תור ה
ָָּרֹ א
12. He studied day
and night.
He learned so
much תור הthat
ָָּרֹ א
he became a
wise scholar,
a .תלמביד חכ.ם
ָּ ביִ אָ א ַ
13. After 12 years he
came back home. As
he was approaching
his house he
overheard his wife
saying: “If רבבי עקביב א
ַָ ּ ַ ביִ א ִבי
would come home, I
would tell him to go
and learn תור הfor
ָָּרֹ א
another 12 years.
I am so happy when
he is learning .תור הָָּרֹ א
14. רבבי עקביב אwent
ַָ ּ ַ ביִ א
ִבי
back to learn תור ה
ָָּרֹ א
for another 12
years. He became
a great teacher and
a famous Rabbi.
15. רבבי עקביב אhad
ַָ ּ ַ ביִ א
ִבי
thousands of
students who
learned תור ה ָָּרֹ א
with him.
16. After the second
12 years רבבי עקביב א
ָקַ ּ קַ ביִ א
ִבי
went back home
with many
students.
His wife רח לcame
ֵאָ ל
out to greet him.
17. ‘רבבי עקביב אs
ָקַ ּ קַ ביִ א
ִבי
students did not
want to let רח ל ֵאָ ל
greet him because
they did not know
who she was.
18. רבבי עקביב אtold his
ָקַ ּ קַ ביִ א
ִבי
students, “ You
must treat her
with respect. All
of the תור הthat
ָָּרֹ א
we know is
because of ”.רח ל ֵאָ ל