Of course, it goes without saying that the rest of the year we
should be doing “limud” – not just reading and turning the pages – when we are
engaged in talmud Torah (and I probably need to take this to heart more than
anyone else reading this.)
Monday, July 15, 2013
learning on 9 Av
My son asked me about learning a certain sefer on 9 Av on hil
aveilus given that this sefer might count as more of iyun. I pointed him to the GR”A in siman 554 who is
medayek that the shulchan aruch says that it is permissible “lilmod,” to learn -–
not just to read -- things like eilu megalchim (hil aveilus) and midrash Eicha
(see the Beis Yosef as well). The proof
comes from a Yerushalmi in Shabbos (kol kisvei) that tells us of two of the
Amoraim who were learning midrash Eicha on erev 9 Av which fell on
Shabbos. They couldn’t finish that day
so they said to each other, “Let’s pick up tomorrow.” The implication is that the limud of Tisha b’Av
in midrash Eicha would be the same as that of Shabbos erev 9 Av – no difference
in depth or analysis.
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Rav Elyashiv held that learning (permitted limduim) during aveilus is not just "if you want to" but a chiyuv. I guess he held it doesn't have to make u happy, as long as it makes HaShem happy.
ReplyDeleteI believe there is a machlokes in the geonim as to whether there is a chiyuv to say birchas hatorah on 9 Av. The lomdus behind the question seems to be whether the limud that is permitted is a din/kiyum of talmud torah, or whether the limud of deravim ra'im is simply a kiyum of aveilus, but there is no chiyuv of T"T.
ReplyDeleteNice. Id like the mekor if you can
ReplyDeleteNice. Id like the mekor if you can
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