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Is coming to Batra the same as studying Torah?

שו”תIs coming to Batra the same as studying Torah?
asked 3 days ago

The majority of the laws of money (excluding Bava Kama) are not cited from the Torah, and it does not seem to be of interest to the Gemara (there is almost no Mnam).

  1. What is the source of this part?
  2. What is the validity of this?

If you have already written about this, I would appreciate a reference.

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מיכי Staff answered 3 days ago

I either wrote or spoke. I don’t remember anymore.
All the rulings of the Bible are interpretations of the laws of property and torts, and therefore even if they have no source, they are Torah study. Just as the author of the book, which he cited, says that the evidence or the word that he forbade is Torah study, even though it is derived from opinion. He interprets “You shall judge your fellow with justice.”
The validity depends on which part you are talking about. Regarding the laws of neighbors, the early ones disagreed (whether it is from the Torah or the Rabbis). But buyers, etc., are certainly from the Torah.

משה replied 3 days ago

It should be added that this also involves the existence of accepting the ruling of the Sanhedrin (or its equivalent - accepted halachic authority) in the field of "inter-jurisdictional law."

אלעד replied 2 days ago

According to this, medical studies will also be Torah studies because they are an interpretation of the mitzvot and you will be protected for your souls?

מיכי Staff replied 2 days ago

No. Interpreting and keeping the mitzvot is the boundaries of the mitzvah itself. Medical studies are a factual foundation so that we can apply the mitzvah. They are at most instruments of the mitzvah. Just as mathematics studies are not Torah studies, even though they are used to calculate halakhic quantities.
As a rule, facts are not Torah. Torah is norms. Facts are the foundation upon which the norms are applied.

אלעד replied 2 hours ago

Thank you. So why do Rambam and Shas have medical training?

מיכי Staff replied 50 minutes ago

Why shouldn't they be?

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