"It is hard for me to call you my melamed. I want to call you my master teacher, brilliant existentialist, Talmudist of little compare, poet par excellence, courageous leader, charismatic, captivating, and sweeping dramatist, and bearer of truth." (source)

“Among the melamdim were many deeply pious men, dedicated to teaching—but their teaching could not help becoming repetitious and boring.” (NJY)

“He has no luck—like a melamed.” (NJY)

"It's not surprising Moses was the humblest of men—he worked till he was 120 as a melamed." (Glinert)