Reply To: For PF to Vicariously Rant Endlessly About the Over-Emphasis of Iyun through PAA

In Slabodka:

“Half of each day would be devoted to iyyun (in-depth research) which covered approximately 75 gemara dappim (folios) during each term, and the other half was utilized for gaining general knowledge in the Talmud and Codes.”

R’ Yitchak Shurin discussed with his grandfather (R’ Yaakov Kamenetzky) the change in how Yeshivos learn today in which they do far fewer blatt. R’ Yaakov responded “In my day, we believed that Aba’yeh and Rava were right. If we did not comprehend for the moment the reason behind what they said, we left it for the next time we would learn Shas. Nowadays we are all scientists, and our minds must test the flawlessness of each argument in the gemara as soon as it is presented. Is it a wonder that we stay on one page for so long?”

(Quotes written by by R’ Nathan Kamenetzky)