[Avodah] ikkarim redux

[Meir Shinnar]

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>
> Tangent: is philosophy talmud Torah altogether? The Rambam uses the  
> beraisa
> that talmud Torah has three parts: miqra, mishnah, gemara. The only  
> aggadita
> possibly included is that which is in miqra. It would seem that  
> machashavah
> and science are included in ahavas Hashem (Hil Yesodei haTorah 2),  
> and mussar
> is Hil Dei'os, not talmud Torah.

No.  mikra is text of tanach, mishna refers to rabbinic texts - and  
gmara refers to thinking and analysis  about the texts and issues  
they raise - not to the text of gmara.   (Most daf yomi shiurim fall  
more under the rambam's definition of mishna)-.Gmara therefore   
includes philosophy, aggadta (at least the meaning of aggadta),  
mussar..remember that ma'aseh breshit is physics, and ma'aseh merkava  
is metaphyics - and both are part of talmud tora;

Meir Shinnar