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[Eli Turkel]

<<Example: Seforim on Kashrus will first explain how Rov works, and
then explain the myriad versions of "if a drop of milk falls into a
meat soup". It will first how Nosen Taam works, and so on, and then
tell what to do if you cook something in the work pot.

Example: But my favorite example is Muktza. Any modern sefer will have
several distinct chapters, each on a specific category: Machmas Gufo,
Chisaron Kis, Melachto L'Issur, etc. But Gemara has *none* of that.
Gemara will mention an object that can't be handled on Shabbos, and
then spends a whole discussion comparing it to other objects --
objects which to *us* are clearly in an entirely different category.>>

The examples you give all prove that modern seforim are more organized
than old ones, shemirat shabbat being an excellent example. However,
explaining how Rov or Nosen Taam works is details it is not
intellectually challenging. Same for listing the various types of
muktza

An example from science would be botany. Explaining how to classify
various species etc is necessary but not very simulating. I was a
chemistry major for one year in college. However, inorganic chemistry
is mainly memorization and so I gave it up before reaching the more
interesting parts.
The question is whether hilchot muktza is memorization aided by modern
organization or is an intellectual challenge?


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Eli Turkel