[Avodah] Daas Torah Rerere...redux - Pesachim 112a
Ben Waxman
ben1456 at zahav.net.il
Thu May 10 11:32:55 PDT 2012
To me it sounds like it says that the mayor-rabbi spends too much time
learning to be an effective manager of the city. Maybe he is being
derelict in his duties, but he isn't ignorant.
Ben
On 5/10/2012 8:42 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> See also Rashi ad loc:
> Ve'al tadur be'ir...:
> Detarud begirseih velo bemilei detzibura.
>
> Isn't Rashi saying that a TC who spends his time with texts lacks the
> knowledge of what's going on in the society in question to be a good
> leader?
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