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<font size=3>At 06:35 AM 2/1/2011, R. Saul Z. Newman wrote:<br><br>
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http://revach.net/avodah/olam-hatorah/Parshas-Truma-Maharsham-A-Talmid-Chochom-Must-Have-Worldly-Wisdom/4950</a>
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so if anyone says the gdolim lack secular knowledge, he is really <br>
impugning their tora learning.....<br>
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There it says<br><br>
The Maharsham (Tcheiles Mordechai) explains that these seven branches
represent the seven secular wisdoms of the world. The Menora represents
Torah and a talmid chochom must know all these wisdoms. If each branch
was developed separately and then added to the menora, one would think
that a talmid chochom must study each one of these subjects independently
in order to complete his wisdom. <br><br>
Hashem commanded Moshe to make the seven branches by shaping it out of
one piece, the Torah. One must study Torah, and from plumbing the depths
of the Torah he can know all the wisdom of the world, if he is willing to
work hard and bang and shape himself.<br><br>
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Question: If this indeed the case, namely, that "from
plumbing the depths of the Torah he can know all the wisdom of the
world," then why is there no mention in the GRA's sefer Aiyel
Meshulash of Torah sources for the mathematics he presents? YL
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