ז אֶחָד מִבְּנֵי מָבוֹי שֶׁבִּקֵּשׁ לְהֵעָשׂוֹת מְלַמֵּד, אֲפִלּוּ אֶחָד מִבְּנֵי הֶחָצֵר, אֵין יְכוֹלִין שְׁכֵנָיו לִמְחוֹת בְּיָדוֹ. וְכֵן מְלַמֵּד תִּינוֹקוֹת שֶׁבָּא חֲבֵרוֹ וּפָתַח בַּיִת לְלַמֵּד תִּינוֹקוֹת בְּצִדּוֹ כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּבוֹאוּ תִּינוֹקוֹת אֲחֵרִים לוֹ אוֹ כְּדֵי שֶׁיָּבוֹאוּ מִתִּינוֹקוֹת שֶׁל זֶה אֵצֶל זֶה, אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לִמְחוֹת בְּיָדוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה מב כא) "ה' חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר":
7 One of a given neighborhood who desires to become a teacher, even one sharing a common courtyard with others, cannot be prevented by neighbors from doing so; likewise, if a teacher comes and establishes a school to instruct small children alongside the school of another teacher, whether his intentions are to get pupils from others, or whether his intentions are to get pupils from that very school, such teacher cannot prevent him from opening such a school, for it is said: "The Lord was pleased for his righteousness' sake, to make the Torah great and glorious" (Is. 42.21).