[Avodah] Torah Study vs. other contributions to society

[Samuel Svarc]

I guess that this is the kind of post one get's when people don't read for
content.

>Subject: Re: [Avodah] Torah Study vs. other contributions to society
>
>On Fri, April 27, 2007 3:42 am, Moishe Shmuel Svarc wrote:
>: Experientially, this is a disproven perspective. The two greatest
>: examples of people who spent their lives in an "ivory tower" are
>: the Gra and the Chazon Ish....
>
>Both of whom made a point of studying math and science.

Has anyone said not, least of all, I??

The "ivory tower in discussion" was learning full time, isolated, or going
out and doing something to help this world. I'll quote Rn' Luntz who brought
this concept into our discussion, so I think her words is what we should be
discussing, not some "straw man" definition of "ivory tower". "But the
contrast was between him sitting in his ivory tower of a yeshiva and going
out into the world and becoming a medic and saving lives, ie pikuach
nefesh."

To *this* the reply was made, that both the Gra (remember the Dubno Maggid's
tochahcha to the Gra?) and the Chazon Ish, stayed in learning their entire
lives. The epitome of the "ivory tower" that Rn' Luntz was arguing against.

KT,
MSS