Q&A #39: Relationship with Learning, Identifying Social vs. Torah Values, Shlish, Curtailed Learning

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Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/13/24) we had a surprise Q&A! We took up four questions: (1) When a person senses that their relationship with learning has changed, how should they go about evaluating whether that change is positive or negative? (2) How can we tell which of our values are from Torah, from society, or from a combination? (3) How do we classify various subjects within the Rambam's "shlish" program of Talmud Torah? (4) If you are forced to compromise your usual learning schedule, whether for a week or a year, how should you go about deciding what to prioritize?
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מקורות:
קהלת יא:א-ו
יבמות דף סב עמוד ב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות א:ב; ו:א
רש"י - דברים יח:ט
This is Water (https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/)
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה א:יא-יב
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, תחילה וסוף
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