[Avodah] krumkeit

[Eli Turkel]

> And here lies your mistake. Torah is not like math. There is 70 facets
> to Torah, there are multiple ways to 'mitaher the sheretz', etc. To
> train people in that there is only one type of "logical" sevara, like
> math does, is to do them a disservice when it comes to Torah study.

In fact the gemara and tosafot were not happy with R. Meir being able to
mitaher the sheretz in 70 ways. I was brought up that learning gemara requires
a clear analytical mind and not pilpul of 70 ways to learn the gemara.

There is a famous story of Lewin (now a famous lawyer and frequent advocate
of O causes). When he first started law school he was thrown out of class
for using gemara logic which did not amuse the professor.
So using your logic learning gemara is also a poor preparation for the
hi tech world.


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Eli Turkel