[Avodah] AishDas and Mussar

[Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer]

Micha Berger wrote:

> On the same subject line, different topic, RYGB wrote at Fri, 09 Mar 2007
> 15:25:40 EST:
> : I have trained my 10th grade talmidim at MTA to think about everything
> : along the Chassidish/Litvish divide, further subdividing Lita into Brisk
> : vs. Mussar. They know my biases, in some cases share them, in some cases
> : reject them (and, to be honest, some are apathetic). I wish someone had
> : let me know about this kind of stuff when I was in 10th grade, and I
> : hope that this "early start" will facilitate their growth in ways that
> : our dor did not acquire when we were in HS.
>
> Is this fair to your Yekkish and Sepharadi talmidim? I mean, getting them to
> think in these terms is great, but there are more than three families of
> derakhim.
>   
Not anymore... Although we do discuss these extinct derachim and their 
utility as supplements to the major derachim. Where have you recently 
met active Yeskkishe and Sephardic communities of Avodah that are 
distinct from the "Forks" divisions?

YGB
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