 To the question as to the permissibility of profaning the Sabbath to save human life he answered, "The Law says 'The children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations'; but one may profane one Sabbath in order to preserve a man that he may observe many Sabbaths".According to him, an am ha'aretz is one who has children and does not train them in the knowledge of the Law.Jonathan contradicted the general opinion of earlier and contemporaneous rabbis that a "rebellious son" (Deuteronomy 21