We can now understand the idea that Rabban Gamliel shut the doors of the Yeshiva to anyone who was not the same internally as externally. He was turning away students who appeared superficially (and perhaps even in their own minds) to be seeking personal growth, but had not yet determined that the Yeshiva was the place to which they would permanently attach themselves to find that growth. The student appeared to be "getting with the program" but internally he wasn't really there.
The success of the studies is predicated on the teacher-student relationship and requires a completely trusting relationship between them. One student who is not willing to commit himself to that extent, can harm the experience for all of them.
The success of the studies is predicated on the teacher-student relationship and requires a completely trusting relationship between them. One student who is not willing to commit himself to that extent, can harm the experience for all of them.
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