Reply To: Method of learning

I agree with yros. but the best would be to use the jastrow or another dictionary and that way you’ll be figuring out the gemara, you’ll remember it better, get more schar for figuring it out (remember the gemara in brachos says the schar for learning is svara, putting in the effort to figure it out yourself)and you’ll eventually acquire the skill of figuring out a gemara by yourself. and if you need more help, i HIGHLY recomend a “cheat” sefer like the yisa bracha and you’ll learn a little more b’iyun in PSHAT gemara. but artscroll or mesivta will most probably not help you with the skills to figure out a gemara better. hatzlocha