|
|
NEWS
Daf Yomi Learners to Study Two Halochos at End of Every
Shiur
By Betzalel Kahn
Maran HaRav Eliashiv shlita announced that Daf Yomi
participants in Eretz Yisroel and the rest of the world
should study two practical halochos at the end of every Daf
Yomi shiur. The announcement was made to rabbonim,
roshei yeshivos, maggidei shiurim and heads of Meoros
HaDaf HaYomi gathered at HaRav Eliashiv's home.
"There is no need to explain the great advantage of Torah
study in general and Torah study berabbim in
particular," said HaRav Yosef Efrati, relating HaRav
Eliashiv's message at the beginning of the meeting. "When
Maran HaRav Meir Shapira zt"l instituted the study of
the Daf Yomi at the Knessia Gedoloh he eloquently described
how every Jew around the world would study the same
daf, and when a Jew from one land met a Jew at the
train station arriving from the other side of the world they
would have something in common: the Daf Yomi.
"Today, through the shiurim, baalei batim
connect to the Torah, not as in the past when they had
already learned it and were basically reviewing. In our
generation we are speaking of people who did not learn Torah
at all previously, and in the merit of the Daf Yomi
shiur they are bound with cords of love to the Torah.
In ruchniyus one must always improve. One of the main
areas of Torah study, of the levels of Torah study, is the
requirement to study with all one's strength and ability and
the matter of godol limud shemeivi liyedei ma'aseh.
One of the major shortcomings of the Daf Yomi, particularly
among baalei batim, is that it does not include
practical halochoh. Of course they come to the shiur
with mesirus nefesh and through this they connect to
the Torah, but what remains with them after the shiur,
what knowledge of halochoh lema'aseh?
"The talmidei chachomim seated here who arrived from
HaRav Chaim Dovid Kovalsky's Meoros HaDaf HaYomi beis
medrash propose not imposing a heavy load on baalei
batim, but rather suggesting to them that after studying
the Daf Yomi they [spend a few more minutes] studying two
practical halochos and no more. Maran shlita says the
holy tzibbur gathered here has the ability to
accomplish this. Just as you brought in baalei batim
through your persevering efforts to prepare the shiur
and deliver it eloquently, you are capable of rising up
another level so that these same cherished Jews, the
shiur participants, leave the shiur with two
halochos in hand every day, which will make them want, `to
learn and teach' and in turn, `to keep and do.'"
HaRav Eliashiv, who answered questions posed by the
maggidei shiurim, said that the primary focus would be
placed on day-to-day halochos every Jew should
know—"es haderech asher yeleichu boh ve'es hama'aseh
asher ya'asune." HaRav Meir Shapira's original
proclamation should not be altered, he said. Therefore time
should not be taken away from the study of the
daf—al tig'u bemeshichai. "He who learns
halochoh is able to carry it out," added Maran. "Of course
the reward for Torah study is very great, even gemoras
one does not understand, and one who learns is promised
Gan Eden. But there must also be the element of,
`hama'aseh asher ya'asune.'"
The new arrangement will be implemented when the new Daf Yomi
cycle begins with the study of maseches Brochos at the
beginning of Adar II. Meoros HaDaf HaYomi is preparing a
schedule showing the two halochos to be studied as well as a
halochoh booklet for maggidei shiurim.
|
