[Avodah] Seforim or Internet?
Gilad Field
gilad73 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 17 05:44:02 PDT 2009
I'm sure this is not the first time this has been discussed on this
list, but in today's makor rishon (http://jtimes.co.il/) there was an
interesting discussion about seforim-based versus computer-based
learning.
To summarize the views presented, Rav Angleman of Ateret Kohanim felt
that the ease of the Internet diminished from the toil required for
talmud torah.
Rav Felix (Va'ad Rabbanay Yesha) felt, while it wasn't his style
wasn't for him he saw a need for computer-based learning for the
future (quotes "es laasos a'Hashem... originally torah sh'baal peh
didn't even use books, then there was a need for printing and now
there is a need for http://hebrewbooks.org/).
And finally, Rav ben Meir of Yeshivat Shvut Yisrael in Efat felt it
was just a new tool. He tells a story about when a certain young man
was using Encyclopedia Talmudit his RY admonished him & the talmid
responded that it was no different then the Shita Mekubetzes - the
only difference was his grandfather only had a shita! the RY then
agreed to the bachur.
Interested in hearing other takes on this.
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