[Avodah] Education - was RAYK and the end of chol

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 3:44 AM, <T613K at aol.com> wrote:

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> My father once said to me (I have mentioned this before) that there was
> nothing wrong with Mizrachi that wouldn't be corrected by Torah learning,
> that whatever was wrong with Mizrachi -- laxity in mitzvos, or in tznius
> -- stemmed from amaratzus and a lack of Torah knowledge, and that when they
> began to seriously learn Torah, these faults would be corrected.  Many years
> later he reminded me of that conversation and said, "Do you see the talmidim
> of Mercaz Harav, how careful they are with halacha, how medakdek bemitzvos,
> how their wives are so tzniusdik?  It's just what I said, they are talmidei
> chachamim and their Torah observance is impeccable."  I'm not saying that he
> agreed with DL ideology, but he certainly considered them to be part of the
> Torah camp.
> *
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> *--Toby Katz
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My Momd would have agreed wtih your Dad.  She punded it in that shuls wer
not important etc, it was education [and her case Day Schools} that were
important.

When I meet Lefties [or righties] who argue for changes in Halachah etc., I
answer them I am not trying to change practice, just to educate people in
greater depth and to go beyond a superficial anshei anashim melumadah  and
delve into real understanding...

I have  a feeling that is perhaps part of the reason why RYBS wanted women
learning Talmud because nowadays education is paramount. And those who
understand the process of Talmud and poskim have a much better appreciation
for applying Halachah in everyday life.

Tangentially, I was  very impressed in my last years in Wash. Heights with a
young lady who was sitting in the lobby of our building who was  learning
Tur/BY [FWIW her brother is musmach and  a lamdan] .  I could see that she
had an appreciation for the depth of the Halchic process that you cannot get
from a Kitzur. But regardless of which text you use, it is the drive for
understanding -  "nishma" as my Friend Rabbi Ben Hecht would say - that is
what will fulfill lo yamushu...

Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
see: http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/
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