If only the teacher spoke English, an excellent solution would be to gift her a new, groundbreaking work, The Science Behind the Mishnah (Mosaica Press, 2024, and also available in Jewish ...

The Mishnah was formed due to fear that the Jewish people would lose their unity and beliefs if they were not in the Holy City.

Strikingly, this root is linked to the Hebrew word רֶמֶץ (remetz), meaning smoldering embers or glowing coals—echoed in the Mishnah’s discussion of ‘negaim’ – ritual afflictions ...