[Avodah] Davening in a Large or Small Shul

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

At 06:31 AM 5/11/2015, R. Joel Rich wrote:

>I wonder if this write up is indicative of a trend seen in "The 
>halachos of X" works, likutim which seem to have become more popular 
>(did they exist 40 years ago?). As Rav Aharon Lichtenstein learned 
>at Harvard, life is complex. Of course there are overarching 
>priorities which need to be learned, but specific applications are 
>hard to summarize in an algorithmic form (see hilchot lashon hara 
>and tzedaka for some obvious examples). Maybe in an internet age we 
>have no choice but to try to put everything on line but what you 
>really need IMHO  is a live mentor.

Did R.  Aharon Lichtenstein really not know that life is complex 
before he went to Harvard?  I am very sure that a man as intelligent 
as he was knew that life was complex long before he went to Harvard.

I never went to Harvard, but I knew by 12 or 13 years old that life 
in indeed complex.

YL
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