<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 3:44 AM, <<a href="mailto:T613K@aol.com">T613K@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>My father once said to me (I have mentioned this before) that there
was nothing wrong with Mizrachi that wouldn't be corrected by Torah learning,
that whatever was wrong with Mizrachi -- laxity in mitzvos, or in tznius
-- stemmed from amaratzus and a lack of Torah knowledge, and that when they
began to seriously learn Torah, these faults would be corrected. Many
years later he reminded me of that conversation and said, "Do you see the
talmidim of Mercaz Harav, how careful they are with halacha, how medakdek
bemitzvos, how their wives are so tzniusdik? It's just what I said, they
are talmidei chachamim and their Torah observance is impeccable." I'm not
saying that he agreed with DL ideology, but he certainly considered them to
be part of the Torah camp.</div><div><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" lang="0" size="2"><b><br></b><br><b>--Toby
Katz<br>=============<br></b><br></font></div></font></div></blockquote></div><br>My Momd would have agreed wtih your Dad. She punded it in that shuls wer not important etc, it was education [and her case Day Schools} that were important.<br>
<br>When I meet Lefties [or righties] who argue for changes in Halachah etc., I answer them I am not trying to change practice, just to educate people in greater depth and to go beyond a superficial anshei anashim melumadah and delve into real understanding... <br>
<br>I have a feeling that is perhaps part of the reason why RYBS wanted women learning Talmud because nowadays education is paramount. And those who understand the process of Talmud and poskim have a much better appreciation for applying Halachah in everyday life. <br>
<br>Tangentially, I was very impressed in my last years in Wash. Heights with a young lady who was sitting in the lobby of our building who was learning Tur/BY [FWIW her brother is musmach and a lamdan] . I could see that she had an appreciation for the depth of the Halchic process that you cannot get from a Kitzur. But regardless of which text you use, it is the drive for understanding - "nishma" as my Friend Rabbi Ben Hecht would say - that is what will fulfill lo yamushu... <br>
<br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br>RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com<br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>