[Avodah] Does Daf Yomi Exemplify Talmud Torah?

[Rich, Joel]

IMHO no, but the tradeoff is you get a lot of people who wouldn't dedicate the time to limud hatorah to do so, and it is perceived by the olam/gedolim/whatever  that the trade off in some people not learning what could be more beneficial (either practically<halacha lmaaseh> or in terms of skills<tools of gemara learning in some greater depth>) is worthwhile.  BTW one might argue that the schar for limmud is simply hours spent (e.g. I shouldn't speed up the shiurim mp3's so I can listen to more of them because it's only how long I listen that "counts") and so the daf would be  a loss only for those who would learn for more hours without it.

KT
Joel Rich

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