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So I peek over and see someone obviously engaged in some Torah study. Happens to be he’s learning out of his phone. Then his Gemarah (or sefer) starts to ring!
Ever see anyone talking to his Gemara?
Wouldn’t it be more proper that your husband should learn with a REAL Gimora, that he can be better involved in his learning & have a broder view of the Sugya around !!
I’m sure he knows what enables him to concentrate best.
I keep my gemara on vibrate so as not to disturb those sitting near me.
Do you kiss the Gemara before loading another page, before shutting the browser app or when shutting the power?
The answer to your observation “peaceful” is that B’H that gentleman is utilizing his phone for Gemorro study & not for some sports commentator or jazz.
The worst is when someone goes for a coffee and leaves their femora under their femora and it starts ringing!
You made my day!
Technology in some ways have made learning so much easier. I too have a gemara on my phone– I can learn where ever i am.
When i go to a mall with my wife, i dont have to tag along a safer, i can take out my phone, learn a daf, or learn some halacha– without anyone thinking I’m nuts (after all it is perfectly normal to read the news on the phone the whole day).
It is only when I am at home, and my kids see me learning- i use a regular gemorah– as it is hard for them to know the difference!
This is what technology was made for!
I spend countless hours learning every day on e-daf.com. Someone once had the Chutzpa to tell me that if so, I’m not ever M’kayim Talmud Torah. I said back that even if he’s right, at least I know a bit of Gemara (as opposed to him).
Someone once tried to tell me that Osios Machkimos doesn’t apply when learning electronically, but I’m not sure why that would be true.
Someone once had the Chutzpa to tell me that if so, I’m not ever M’kayim Talmud Torah.
I wouldn’t be surprised if some people tried to say that about printed seforim circa 1500.
Someone once tried to tell me that Osios Machkimos doesn’t apply when learning electronically, but I’m not sure why that would be true.
And so what? We’re talking about Torah SheB’al Peh here, right? Considering that, ideally, we should be learning it by heart, what’s the point of stressing concepts such as “Osios Machkimos?”
The Wolf
It is never applicable. Ever see anyone put down their smart phone?
Wolf: The Gemara itself does say Osios Machkimos in reference to Torah Sheba’al Peh (or, at least, everyone assumes it’s talking about TOSHB”A).
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