Regarding such training, Professor Dov Zlotnick of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America writes: “The accuracy of the oral law, hence its reliability, depends almost entirely on the master - disciple relationship: the care taken by the master in teaching the law and the intentness of the disciple in learning it....
इसलिए, शिष्यों से आग्रह किया जाता था कि विद्वानों के पाँवों के पास बैठें...