[Avodah] who is a talmid chacham

Joseph C. Kaplan jkaplan at tenzerlunin.com
Tue Jun 26 06:56:13 PDT 2012


"No, you're the one imposing some unspecified other criterion, without
providing a basis.  Just look at the term; doesn't it speak for itself?"

No, it obviously does not speak for itself as the various and differing opinion of those commenting shows.  TU means, AIUI, one who makes torah his occupation, TCh means, well, that's the question isn't it.  Talmid means student, chacham means wise one.  So, does it mean the student of a wise one?  Or does it mean a scholar? Or does it mean one who makes torah his occupation? Or does it mean someone who learns all day, or half the day, or a set time each day etc. etc. etc. (to quote the King of Siam via R&H)? The fact that you're unable to give a source to your assertion indicates to me that it is, indeed, merely your sevarah, no better or worse than the sevarahs of the other list members who disagree and have a different interpretation.

Joseph


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