[Avodah] Studying Daf Yomi and complex Gmarot
Shoshana L. Boublil
toramada at bezeqint.net
Fri Jun 1 02:44:08 PDT 2007
I was wondering if members could share their experience and thoughts on the
following issue.
The Daf Yomi program members are studying Yevamot right now.
This masechet is filled with complex issues; issues which raise serious
moral and halachic implications. Issues that should truly be dealt with
intensively and not during the 30+ minutes assigned to Daf Yomi.
Most Daf Yomi teachers have barely enough time to explain the daf literally.
They certainly don't have the time to cover all the issues raised on each
Daf. In this masechet specifically, issues of Beino LeVeina of the most
serious kind are raised, and many of those present, may never have learned
the masechet (or slept through the shi'ur in yeshiva...).
My question addresses 2 aspects:
a) When the question raised is b/c of a horrible action taken prior to the
event under discussion and the g'mara only discusses a certain specific
result, do you mention/discuss/raise the moral problem with the original
act?
b) If not, does this lead people to think that Torah supports these actions?
How can they learn that force is wrong if all that is discussed is (for
example) the yibum issues with relation to the issue of the forceable
action?
c)Do you think that the Daf Yomi schedule should be reset to include an
extra day (or more) of discussion on the actions connected to these
masechtot, instead of glossing over the problematic issues?
Or do you think that there is no problem at all, that the original actions
are permitted, perhaps even supported?
Shoshana L. Boublil
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