[Avodah] Obsolete Relic, or Vital, Living Legacy? (Rav Breuer's Derech Halimud In Our Time -- continuation)

[Prof. Levine]

 From http://tinyurl.com/8f3c2gd

It was gratifying to see the interest in Rav Breuer's derech halimud, 
which was described as "The Way of Old Ashkenaz",  in the wake of 
<http://treasuresofashkenaz.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/rav-breuers-derech-halimud-the-way-of-old-ashkenaz-%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%9A-%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%91-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3-%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A2/>
[or <http://j.mp/QglzVW> -micha] the previous post. " .

Brisker Derech vs. Old Ashkenaz Way

In the discussion of Rav Breuer's derech that we referenced, the words
Brisk, and Brisker derech, did not appear. However, there was nevertheless
<http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol30/v30n134.shtml#02> a significant
response in an online forum to it that came to my attention, which,
if I understand it correctly, believes that Rav Breuer's old Ashkenaz
derech has been overtaken and superceded by the way of Rav Chaim of Brisk.

Is that true? If so, to what degree? Is such a development desirable? 
Are the two ways necessarily always at odds?

Should the old way be cast aside and treated as a fossil or relic, a 
quaint remnant of a pre-modern era (for those who haven't already 
done so)? Placed in display in a museum? Left to the Chasidic world?

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So to sum up, the old Ashkenaz derech, the derech of Rav Breuer, the 
Chasam Sofer, and so many others,  is not something to be retired, 
looked down upon, or shunted aside. Rather it is something which is 
vital, enduring, and beneficial.

See the above URL for more.  YL