Reply To: learning from an artscroll

While I understand that learning has maybe deteriorated due to the ease in which it was delivered, Artscroll is good for those who would otherwise not learn due to a learning/language issue etc. Think about pre-war times. Likely the water carrier in your little town was labeled as an unlearned person aka the person who did not have the understanding to learn. Perhaps if there was Artscroll or some oother simpler broken down version/book, those water carriers would have spent their days learning. So if someone would not be learning otherwise, or struggling too much that Torah would then not be “sweet” to them, they should use Artscroll. And they should not think they are less honourable for doing so.