Sefer Pele Yoetz, Perek Cetibah:
An unmotivated Jew who has not learned the skill of writing correctly in Hebrew AND IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE, he will be covered with shame and disgrace.
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Rabbi Mordechai Gifter:
“We teach general studies*, and they should be studied properly.
One should try to excel at whatever he does.”
SOURCE: Rav Gifter: The Vision Fire and Impact of an American Born Gadol
(chapter 23, page 288) by Rabbi Yechiel Spero, June 2011, Mesorah Publications,
ISBN-10: 1422610977 & ISBN #: 9781422610978