[Avodah] Rav Moshe Shternbuch: On Teaching Children Tanach

Yitzchak Schaffer yitzchak.schaffer at gmx.com
Tue Dec 6 07:45:05 PST 2011


On 12/06/2011 07:32, Prof. Levine wrote:
> From http://revach.net/article.php?id=437
>
> [...]
> The danger he says is that people do not realize this. He quotes the
> Chasam Sofer who says that this was the tragedy of translating the Torah
> to Greek. Since then, people were free to learn Tanach with literal
> translation without being taught the correct interpretation through
> kabalas avoseinu.
>

That is one approach. On the other hand you have examples of original 
approaches to Tanach, in which category I would place Rambam, RSRH, and 
the Chief Rabbi, just to begin naming names. RSRH also advocates 
strongly for Navi to build the core of one's spiritual life, IIRC. I 
believe relevant material is found in the Talmud Torah chapter of Horeb, 
which I do not have to hand.

-- 
Yitzchak Schaffer



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