[Avodah] krumkeit

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 09:42:34PM +0200, Eli Turkel wrote:
: 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.

What about needing to know 49 ways letamei and 49 letaheir in order to
qualify for Sanhedrin.

See above on my opinion of "pilpul".

RCBrisker asked R' Yitzchaq Elchanan to telegraph back a one word
answer to his she'eilah. Why? Because RBC was afraid that if he saw the
RIES's sevara, he would be able to poke holes in it. Brisker Derekh is
all about being able to see both sides of a machloqes. Does that take it
out of the realm of the work of a "clear analytical mind"?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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