Someone needs to catalog the appropriate hand gestures for
use in learning. A sevara said stam just
doesn’t have the same force as a sevara while sweeping one’s hand in an arc downward
and then upward with one’s thumb raised.
(I hope you can picture what I mean.)
If you want to look like a lamdan, make sure to use the appropriate arm, hand,
and thumb motions.
This is a b'feirushe gemora in sotah and elsewhere: when Moshe saw that Yehuda "לא הוה קא ידע משקל ומטרח בשמעתא בהדי רבנן" he was mispallel ידיו רב לו
ReplyDeleteThus it is clear that learning involves the hands.
I get very suspicious when I see someone learning without his hands. It is said that the way to torture a Litvishe talmid chochom is to tape down his thumbs.
But, after all is said and done, it is a b'feirushe gemora [he said, thumbs orbiting appropriately]
If there was a comment of the year award I think this would definitely be a finalist... but then again, there is always the chance you might outdo yourself : )
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