[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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