[Avodah] Rav Shteinman and Niagra Falls

[efpasik at aol.com]

Topical to the conversation here about Rav Hirsch, ztl,?and the Swiss Alps, within the past year or so, the Jewish Observer had an article about a recent trip Rav Shteinman, shlita,?made to various U.S. cities.? As his plane was flying over Niagra Falls, his travelling companions were looking out the window, and marveling at this great natural wonder.? They urged him to look out the window also.? Rav Shteinman was learning gemara, and he said, No.? They later asked him, Why?? He responded that it was a sheilah as to whether he could make a bracha on seeing Niagra Falls, and therefore, a sheila as to whether he could interrupt his gemara learning.

Two different hashkafas.

Elliot Pasik
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