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

So to sum it up, the case for the importance of bekiyus has the backing of:

Multiple gemorrahs, rashi, the maharal, orchos tzafikkim, the gra, the aruch hashulchan,

Shulchan aruch harav(although in tanya he is mashma differently, but there it is talking about the

End goal), the chayei odom, the pele yoetz, the chafetz chaim, rav shach,

Rav shteinman, the steipler gaon, rav yaakov kamenetzky, the temani derech halimmud, the gerrer rebbe

and many many more. Doesn’t make pulsing look so crum, lacking mesorah, and lacking a rov to

guide him now does it?

I personally spoke to an adom gadol today, a world expert in more than one area in halacha, and questioned him about this matter. He said that it is important to learn how to think, which the yeshivishe derech gives.

However, once one leaves yeshiva or learns on his own without a shiur, how can he spend 6 hours on a rashba? Whats more important, learning one gemorra with 5 rishonim or 5 gemorrahs with one rishon?