Take the 2-minute tour ×  I've heard about a midrash that
discusses a day when little children took over the study hall
and, by interpreting the shapes of the Hebrew letters,
articulated many of Judaism's most powerful religious messages.
Anyone know where the midrash is? Is there a form of it in the
Gemara?  share|improve this question  1 Answer 1  up vote 6 down
vote accepted  Sounds like you're looking for the Gemara on
Shabbos 104a.  The Rabbis told R. Joshua b. Levi: Children have
come to the Beth Hamidrash and said things the like of which was
not said even in the days of Joshua the son of Nun. [Thus:] alef
Beth [means] ‘learn wisdom [alef Binah];Gimmel Daleth, show
kindness to the Poor [Gemol Dallim]. Why is the foot of the
Gimmel stretched toward the Daleth? Because it is fitting for
the benevolent to run after [seek out] the poor. And why is the
roof of the Daleth stretched out toward the Gimmel? Because he
[the poor] must make himself available to him...  iTalmud app
translation  Also, I don't thin