[Avodah] Yeshivish masechtot

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, July 13, 2007 5:12 am, Rich, Joel wrote:
: I realize the "tradition" of certain masechtot being learned in
: yeshivot
: while others were  "orphaned" stretches back to the gamara itself but
: what were the reasons and were they consistent through time (e.g.
: practical  applicability,  grounds for deep analysis...)

Obviously the rise of lomdus meant that different schools of lomdus
each gravitated toward those mesechtos which lent itself best to their
tools.

Sepharadim, who saw that whole thing with bewilderment (until
assimilation set in), tend to gravitate toward applicable halakhah --
where applicable includes a healthy emunah bevi'as hamashiach. From
this outsider's view, they tend toward pesaq-rich mesechtos rather
than complicated ones.

Much like Tosafos vs Rambam.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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