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It would be double unfortunate if we were not only punished but failed to learn lessons from the tragedy. This pandemic give us an opportunity to see what Torah learning actually is…
Baruch Hashem, we have lots of people in our days dedicated to learning. Some in school some after work, some instead of work. Do we always know what learning is real? Do we measure learning by number of hours spent? blatt learnt? people at the stadium at the siyum? ability to answer questions that were previously answered?
Seems like ability to deal with new circumstances would be a good way to see real Torah learning. In fact, Maharal attributes popularity of Bavli v Yerushalmi to Bavli’s method of addressing new situations. If Rabban Gamliel (possibly) had a telescope (Eruvin), we should expect no less from modern Talmidei chachamim.
So, now we have “outside” as “inside”. Someone who always smiled to people, now proudly walks without a mask, suggesting others to walk around if they prefer. Someone who is mahmir on medrabanan squared, now suddenly meikel on murder and hillul Hashem. Rabbis who do or do not guide their students appropriately… I see many cases of people behaving right also.
Going beyond the discussion of what specific problems we stumble upon – not knowing what exponential distribution is, not liking NY mayor, naivete, we can see where real Torah learning is – and make appropriate conclusions: from whom to learn, where to send children to learn, whose psak to follow, whom to support.
To use the Maharal as a litmus, most of today’s learners are Yerushalmi. Why is that surprising? There is little in our educational system that rewards ingenuity. Our two most common products, are the conformist and the fundamentalist. It is a testament to Our Holy Torah, that we have produced so few extremists.
Dear Always,
You misunderstood. I totally agreed with you. Maybe read my post again.
Those without masks, are mostly conformists following a few fundamentalists. With maybe one extremist.
“If Rabban Gamliel (possibly) had a telescope (Eruvin)”
That is in Yerushalmi Eruvin as well as Bavli Eruvin.
“I see many cases of people behaving right also.”
Me, too. In my neighborhood most people are wearing masks. Shuls are maintaining social distancing and lots of us aren’t going to shul at all. One positive from this is that I learned to blow shofar. 🙂
Always ask – you have a better chance if getting accurate information from a source than from a surmiser. Good rule of thumb.
Always Ask – your post was a gut punch, literally bringing me close to tears. I have been trying so hard to do whatever I can to bridge the divides among us, the black hat vs no hat, the zionist vs anti zionist. I have begged Hashem, people and online posters to be respectful, understanding and kind to each other in any way I was able.
As soon as nOmesorah (I can barely even type out that name) started taking hundreds of individuals and naming them an activist group I literally froze, begging Hashem to please not let this stupidity turn into yet another way to “officially” divide us.
While it is absolutely NO surprise that my words do not hold much weight in Shamayim, the idea that you not only buy in to this horrible notion of a “movement”, but even look to him for legitimacy as if he has any authority to speak out the motivations of these individuals is a huge loss for us.
May people find a way to emulate Hashem in their treatment and language toward and about other yidden.
Hashem should shower brochos, yeshuos and refuos on us this coming year starting now, and we should try our best to live up to deserving it.
G’mar Tov
“I am with you on trying to bring all Jews together, omen. Those who disregard simple medical rules are kind of in the way ”
Maybe read that again and hear how silly that sounds
“What are the reasons?
Maybe if we understand them, we can correct. ”I have learned the painful way on here that this is not emes. No matter what words come out, nobody wants to understand them. The judgement, though not even deliberated or properly researched was sealed the minute they weren’t “doing it my way”
If someone thinks it’s wrong to go maskless, wear one and advocate. But stop pretending the berating is part of a holy cause.
I am not understanding how you can be walking among swarms of maskless people who require you to walk in the street when you wrote above that you don’t have any maskless people to speak to first hand. I live in a fairly big city and have not had such an experience. There are people walking without masks but nobody has ever blocked my way or caused me to walk elsewhere. So i can’t really visualizevsuch a predicament, and if it exists in local pockets, coming on here and presenting it as a national issue to the point where you don’t even know whose torah to learn is terribly misleading.
I wish you gezunt.
I’ve been doing more introspection due to spending more time alone. I was able to note what mitsvos and middos I need to work on.
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