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Yserbius123
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I would tell you all to just read Rav Hirsch (specifically “Horeb” and volume 7 of “Collected Writings”) but everyone will just roll their eyes and call be a stupid Yekke. So I’ll pick another gadol.

Did the Vilna Gaon study every aspect of limudei chol (except pharmacy) only when he was in the bathroom? Did he write, edit, and publish “Ayal Meshulash” to take away from others learning chas v’shalom? Did he instruct Rav Baruch of Shklov to translate Euclid’s “Elements” to trick Yidden away from learning?