[Avodah] Mitzvos and Iyun

[Doron Beckerman]

I remember  in twelfth grade I was once learning Gemara during Mussar
Seder.  The Rebbe told me to put the Gemara away since it was time for
Mussar. I responded that I was learning Mussar - I was learning the Gemara
in Bava Metzia 10a which states that a worker (for particular actions not
including finding lost objects) who picks up a Metzia while he is working
must deduct the time expended in picking up the object, which takes all of a
second or two! What gevaldig Mussar!

(That's not my definitive statement on the topic of Mussar study,  which I
think is critical. Just food for the discussion re Gemara and refinement of
character. Learning this Gemara Al Menas LaAsos would certainly refine one's
Middos).
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