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

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:41 PM, <T613K at aol.com> wrote:

>
> The original point was that amaratzim tend not to be careful with halacha,
> and that halachic observance and yiras Shamayim improve with more
> Torah learning. (Torah meaning Talmud.)  However, this is only true for men.
>

What's your evidence?
 Personal anecdotal? Field research? Control groups? Double-blind studies?
--grins--

RYBS disputes your claim that Halacha can be properly understood from 2ndary
sources. GRA, Rosh have stated similarly on the record

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




>   For girls and women, it is enough to learn halacha and hashkafa.  They
> do not /need/ to learn Gemara in order to have yiras Shamayim and dikduk
> bemitzvos.
>
> If it ain't broke don't fix it.
>
>  Some women derive intellectual pleasure from learning Gemara.  Fine, good
> for them.  Irrelevant to my point.
> *
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> *--Toby Katz
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