[Avodah] Questions as a Result of the Flatbush Lakewood

[T613K at aol.com]

From: "Prof. Levine" _llevine at stevens.edu_ (mailto:llevine at stevens.edu) 

>> Does  not the fact that the Torah makes no mention of Yaakov learning 
in yeshiva  telling? If these years were more important, then I would 
have expected the  Torah to mention Yaakov's learning explicitly. I am 
sure there is an answer,  but I do not know it. <<

YL


 
>>>>>
The question you raise is legitimate and  interesting -- why doesn't the 
Torah mention the years that Yaakov spent  learning?   Indeed, why doesn't the 
Torah mention the Yeshiva of Shem  v'Ever anywhere? I'm sure there are good 
answers that could be  discussed on Avodah.   However, the inference you seem to be 
drawing  -- that the Torah does not consider Torah learning to be important 
-- is  certainly not warranted.




--Toby Katz
=============
"If you don't read the  newspaper you are uninformed; 
if you do read the newspaper you are  misinformed."
--Mark Twain
Read *Jewish World Review* at _http://jewishworldreview.com/_ 
(http://jewishworldreview.com/) 
**************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and 
favorite sites in one place.  Try it now. 
(http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/avodah-aishdas.org/attachments/20081208/dc06e9fa/attachment-0002.htm>