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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">R’n T. Katz wrote:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">In a message dated 4/23/2018 9:34:26 AM
Eastern Standard Time, </FONT><A style='href: "mailto:hmaryles@yahoo.com"'><FONT
face="Times New Roman">hmaryles@yahoo.com</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> writes:?<BR>Yes, the Torah commands us to learn Torah
day and night, But as my Rebbe, RAS said, this Mitzvah can be fulfilled by
simply reciting Kriyas Shema in the morning and the evening.<BR>?<BR>Not that
this is optimal....<BR>?<BR>For the rest of us, we should follow and develop our
strengths and serve God that way, while being Koveah Itim to fulfill the Mitzvah
of Limud HaTorah....<BR>>>>>><BR>?<BR>I agree with this. ?I am
aware of the opinion that "vahagisa bo yomam velayla" can be minimally fulfilled
by saying Shma. ?Despite this, it is not necessary for every individual to
personally study math, geometry, algebra, physics, optics, astronomy, medicine,
botany, zoology and chemistry. ?<BR>?<BR>?<BR>--Toby Katz</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I would go well beyond that and possibly suggest that when done “the right
way” that certain limudei chol” (read math and natural sciences) could be
a better and more efficient way of attaining emunah including drosh
vachakor and yiras harommeimus and the goal of understanding “beHai” boro
osom, or the gevuros of masseh bereishis, the intricacies of the olam koton and
the actual vast olom not to mention the numerous sugios in shas and halacha that
require knowledge of the real world and it science (its understanding). I
propose a thought for consideration, that while for some yechidim their level of
Torah learning is sufficiently high that Torah is the best and most efficient
path to attain these goals. Unfortunately for many (most) of us, our level of
Torah havanah is not even close to that level and as a practical fact a more
direct path to getting a start on these Torah goals is through studying the
briah and its science put there by G-d in the maseh beraishis. Someone like the
GRA whose level of Torah study most of us can not even begin to imagine would
relegate his study of science to only when it was not in opposition to his limud
of Torah (such as the B”HK etc) as the best manner (for him) of achieving this
goal was through his limud of Torah. But for most of us to take this as also
applying to our situation is wishful thinking. As many times as I learn parshs
Bereishis, my havana of “beHai” boro osom has not really grown very much nor my
level derosh vachakor. For us it may be a lekatchila outside the B”HK to set
times for scientific study if done with the appropriate approach in support of
our Torah understanding and growth in yira and emunah even when not just for
parnasa.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kol tuv</DIV>
<DIV>Chaim Manaster</DIV></DIV></DIV><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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