[Avodah] Jewish Action 2000 review of RYBS book

[Eli Turkel via Avodah]

<<Any gadol brilliant and subtle enough to be worth following will
so outstrip his talmidim that each only grasps onto one facet and
interpretation of a more complex original.

This is far from unique to RYBS.>>

In addition like many others RYBS gave different answers to different
people depending on the person and circumstances.
As a simple example he encouraged his talmidim to move to EY but told some
to stay in the US.

Also RYBS was big believer in everyone making their own decisions and not
simply doing what they were told. Hence, he avoided certain statements so
that his talmidim would make up their own minds.
It is well known that all the children of RYBS got a PhD. Even his nephew R
Meiselman the most charedi in the family received this degree from MIT.
Nevertheless he never publically stressed this idea probably because he
felt it was a very individual decision

-- 
Eli Turkel
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