wolf:listening to a shiur on tape while driving is a opportunity to learn torah & do something ruchnius. versus just driving. people don’t listen to these shiurim on tape so they could avoid sitting live with a speaker.
No, you missed the point. My point was, why is listening to a shiur on tape (as opposed to in person) not a bizayon, but my learning something on my iPad is one?
versus our topic of all seforim on a ipad. puts the kedusha of learning Hashems torah much lower & makes it not as ruchnius as learning from a sefer in a bais medrash or even at home.
Why is there less ruchnius from learning something from an electronic source? What makes paper inherently more ruchnius? And, often, when I’m learning from my iPad, it’s because I’m neither in a beis midrash or at home — I’m travelling. So, why is it more spiritual to limit myself to one or two sefarim, as opposed to having access to lots and lots of sefarim?
(Example: I’m learning gemara and they quote a passuk, but I’d like to see it in context and with Rashi. I can do that very easily on my iPad. I can’t do that with paper because I don’t carry an entire library around with me. Is it bad that I can do that? Does my ability to delve deeper into sources or rapidly find related material make my learning any less valuable? If so, please explain why.)
The Wolf