THEE BALLEIBATIM WHO YOU ARE ACCUSING OF NEEDING ARTSCROLL
Where does the word “accuse” belong in this discussion?
THEE BALLEIBATIM WHO YOU ARE ACCUSING OF NEEDING ARTSCROLL TO LEARN A PIECE OF GEMARA,FOR THE MOST PART ALL LEARNED IN LARGE YEHIVOS,GOT MARRIED AND BECAME BALLEI BATIM.
Some did learn in yeshiva, and some didn’t. Some of those who learned in yeshiva still benefitted from Artscroll. Some didn’t.
Undoubtedly, unfortunately some who would have been better off not using it did, but overall, it’s hard to complain about a publication which helped bring about a massive growth in the number of people learning gemara regularly and the number of hours of increased learning it brought about.
Thats a given but yo say it was for baleo batim who for the most part went to run of the mill yeshivos, it very wrong.
Not for all, but for many. I would agree that a balabus who spent his non working hours learning out of a regular gemara would lose by switching to an Artscroll, but there were and are a it of balabatim who learn many more hours because of the Artscroll gemara.