[Avodah] Torah Study vs. other contributions to soCIETY

[Samuel Svarc]

>From: David Riceman <driceman at att.net>
>Subject: Re: [Avodah] Torah Study vs. other contributions to soCIETY
>
>Samuel Svarc wrote:
>> For some reason, you keep on coming back to "prohibited". You're
>flogging the wrong horse :-). The discussion was, what is *preferred*,
learning
>or training for Zaka?
>
>I was responding to RZL's phrase "not so poshut", which in my experience
>is usually related to issur v'heter.  He has subsequently explained it
>as a critique of an argument, not of a conclusion.

No, you've misunderstood. RZL was concluding that training for an event is
not the same as when it's immediate.

>>  The clear answer that Chazal give is learning (check
>> previous posts in this thread for the sources).
>
>This is an old machloketh.  For a nice summary of the side you disagree
>with see Tshuvoth HaRama #7.

Um, I looked at it, and it discusses if it's "prohibited". I fail to see why
you keep on circling back to this point that wasn't in our discussion.

KT,
MSS