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http://revach.net/article.php?id=437</a><br><br>
<font size=3>The minhag in today's Yeshivos is not to teach Tanach before
learning Gemara. Rav Moshe Shternbuch (2:457) explains that learning
Tanach requires even deeper understanding than learning Gemara. A Mekor
for this is Rashi in Brachos (28a) who says that one should stay away
from too much Tanach. <br><br>
The danger he says is that people do not realize this. He quotes the
Chasam Sofer who says that this was the tragedy of translating the Torah
to Greek. Since then, people were free to learn Tanach with literal
translation without being taught the correct interpretation through
kabalas avoseinu. <br><br>
This is not to say that Tanach is blacklisted, says Rav Shternbuch. One
who has learned a great deal of gemara and poskim and has acquired a
great deal of Yiras Hashem is required to learn all of Tanach and must
know it thoroughly.(See also
<a href="http://revach.net/article.php?id=4351">Rav Vosner's Tshuva</a>
on this subject) <br>
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