Q&A: The Torah of the Land of Israel
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The Torah of the Land of Israel
Question
Hello Rabbi,
What is the Rabbi’s opinion of the learning approach called “The Torah of the Land of Israel”?
The originator of the approach is Rabbi Yehoshua Weitzman. Broadly speaking, the approach advocates integrating Jewish law and aggadic literature, and seeing how the Talmudic topic deals with matters of faith or belief.
Answer
First, I’m not familiar enough with it. But I don’t think there is much point in dealing with learning methods as such. Each thing should be judged on its own merits; if it is true, it should be accepted. I’ve seen a few things from that study hall, and some of them were quite nice. Other parts appealed to me less.