Please Help Me:I Want To Be Koneh Torah #27
In Pirkei Avos our Rabbis enumerate the 48 ways to acquire Torah. The last one is "haomer davar b'shem omro" - quoting the source of the Torah that you repeat.
I understand why it is ethical to repeat Torah in the name of the author and not in your own. But how does this help one ACQUIRE Torah?
Please Help Me.
I understand why it is ethical to repeat Torah in the name of the author and not in your own. But how does this help one ACQUIRE Torah?
Please Help Me.
By stating the person who said the statement, then we are firstly attaching ourselves into the chain( shalshels) of torah. WE are in effect being aquired by the torah ( Like a trap.
Secondly, humility is a prerequsite to learning torah. so i think that i have come across a chidush and then i find out that the chazon ish said that same pshat 40 years ago, then for me to forgo by ego and say that it wasnt my chidush rather someone for many years ago said the same thing- this can only lead to humility and thus the ability to properly aquire the torah!!!
Posted by
Anonymous |
8:34 PM
Someone pointed out recently that it's somewhat ironic that the statement about האומר דבר בשם אומרוisn't בשם אומרו.
Just a question for Kalman - the idea that יעקב wasn't זוכה to learn כל התורה כולה doesn't have to be but does seem to be against the idea that the אבות kept כל התורה כולה. There exists much פלפולtrying to reconcile seeming incongruities in the actions of the אבות with their still keeping כל התורה כולה. Does R' Simon touch upon this at all in his piece? I unfortunately do not own it.
Posted by
WillWorkForFood |
1:28 AM
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