[Avodah] The Vilna Gaon and Secular Studies

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, Apr 08, 2018 at 12:55:41PM +0000, Professor L. Levine via Avodah wrote:
: The teaching or more correctly the lack of teaching of secular subjects
: in Hassidic yeshivas has again come to the fore as a result of the recent
: actions of Simcha Felder.
: 
: From https://goo.gl/Xu9ejv

...
: What indeed should our attitude towards the teaching and study of secular
: studies be. There was no bigger masmid than the Vilna Gaon who slept
: only 4 half hours in 24 and spent essentially all of the rest of his time
: studying Torah. Yet he found it important to master many secular subjects.

And this would be the only thing such Chassidish chadorim disagree with
the Gra about? Why do any of these sources matter in this context?

You are again putting yourself in the position of arguing for one derekh
in favor of another by working within the givens of your favored derekh,
rather than the one you're critiquing.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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