[Avodah] brisk

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 09:37:32PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: Each derech has its own virtues. If one wants to know the halacha
: l'maaseh, it wil go much more quickly and easily (and less error-prone)
: if one gets spoon-fed the categorization and development of recent
: centuries....

Shelish bemiqra

:         But if one wants the intellectual fight, then go to the gemara
: and reinvent the wheel. (I mean that seriously, not sarcastically. The
: more effort one puts into Talmud Torah, the bigger a mitzva it is, and
: avoiding the "spoon-fed" analyses of recent centuries is a good way of
: putting more effort into it.)

Shelish begemara

The Rambam, though, hopes you get beyond needing three shelishios,
and focus on gemara. I guess that's once you mastered all of practial
halakhah, and only need a little time for review.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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