[Avodah] naval birshus Hattorah land

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Akiva Miller:
> Are you suggesting that the actions which certain NJites have been
> accused of are not blatantly assur?

Not necessarily

> Are you suggesting that such actions (if they were actually done)
> were done "birshus haTorah"?

Not really

> Are you suggesting that "head learning" is insufficient to tell someone
> that these actions are assur?

Lav davka :-)

Here is a simple model
First a student learns in his head W/O his heart. Text and no feeling.
Second he learns to beat the system using clever loopholes
Third he becomes the proverbial "naval birshus hattorah"
Fourth he becomes a stam menuval with a facade of Torah to hide behind

KT
RRW
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