Hanhagos HaAdam from The Noam Elimelech of Lyzhansk
6. You should purify and refine your body and soul with learning as previously stated. Learn the Talmud, and Tosfos, also learn and study all the homiletic Aggadah teachings found in Gemara. These teachings are a special remedy to cleanse the soul.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Learning New things vs. Chazara
(Bostoner Rebbe Shlit"a of RBSA)
I have heard it often said in the name of the Gaon of Vilna that a kinyan or acquisition of knowledge in one single volume of Talmud or Mesechta is more important than a large breadth of knowledge we call Bekiyus. This implies that Chazara or review is of paramount importance.
I have seen in the name of Rav Arele Roth Z"TL the founder of Shomer Emunim and whose son-in-law was to found the Toldos Aharon Chassidic movements that he for example would commend constant review of Brachos, calling it the Olam HaBa Mesechta, a tractae through which one can merit the coming world.
I heard the following Mashal or parable from a Bostoner Chassid in the name of the Bostoner Rebbe of Bet Shemesh Shlit"a:
There were once two gold prospectors who came to dig for gold. They dug on opposite sides of the mountain.
One was very quick and he was telling the others to dig here and , while the cries of joy and delight could be heard from over the mountain.
The other was very exacting and careful. He cautiously measured and studied the terrain and made careful calculations as to where to dig. All this took some time during which the constant shouts of joy at success were heard from over the mountain, disheartening the men. The prospector finally decided on the correct spot and gave the order to drill and dig.
This continued for some time over the course in which the continuous successes over the mountain were heard while the men on this side kept drilling and digging without any measure of success. Nonetheless the prospector was adamant "Keep drilling", was the order.
Finally after much effort, hard work and exertion when they final hit the "motherload" they discovered that they were much richer and had uncovered a much greater treasure than their fellow men over the mountain with their small constant successes.
The parable is: While Bekiyus study here and there is immediately rewarding, you keep up interest, you learn a good vort here and a nice pshetel there. While constant review of one Mesechta can seem arduious hard and tiring. However if you keep at it eventually you will strike the motherload.
I have seen in the name of Rav Arele Roth Z"TL the founder of Shomer Emunim and whose son-in-law was to found the Toldos Aharon Chassidic movements that he for example would commend constant review of Brachos, calling it the Olam HaBa Mesechta, a tractae through which one can merit the coming world.
I heard the following Mashal or parable from a Bostoner Chassid in the name of the Bostoner Rebbe of Bet Shemesh Shlit"a:
There were once two gold prospectors who came to dig for gold. They dug on opposite sides of the mountain.
One was very quick and he was telling the others to dig here and , while the cries of joy and delight could be heard from over the mountain.
The other was very exacting and careful. He cautiously measured and studied the terrain and made careful calculations as to where to dig. All this took some time during which the constant shouts of joy at success were heard from over the mountain, disheartening the men. The prospector finally decided on the correct spot and gave the order to drill and dig.
This continued for some time over the course in which the continuous successes over the mountain were heard while the men on this side kept drilling and digging without any measure of success. Nonetheless the prospector was adamant "Keep drilling", was the order.
Finally after much effort, hard work and exertion when they final hit the "motherload" they discovered that they were much richer and had uncovered a much greater treasure than their fellow men over the mountain with their small constant successes.
The parable is: While Bekiyus study here and there is immediately rewarding, you keep up interest, you learn a good vort here and a nice pshetel there. While constant review of one Mesechta can seem arduious hard and tiring. However if you keep at it eventually you will strike the motherload.
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