[Avodah] nature of torah sheb`al peh

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 07:16:59PM -0400, Zev Sero via Avodah wrote:
: Any suggestions for how to counter this view most effectively,
: assuming he doesn't accept my mere assertion that this is not so?
: Recommended reading?   I gather this person, who identifies as
: Orthodox, studies daf yomi in English but isn't very fluent in
: Hebrew.

TSBP is be'al peh so that it can have gemara. And the resulting ability
to grow as new issues arise or situations change. I find this error
tragic; I wonder if it's common.

I don't have a good answer to your question, but partial answers:
    Hil' Talmud Torah 1:11, and the dividing one's learning in thirds...
    until one is proficient enough to focus on talmud.

    Similarly, the Rambam's haqdamah to the Yad.

    The Ramban's viquach, sec "al ha'agados".

    The AhS's haqdamah (found before CM) sec. "vezehu hamishnah".

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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