Q&A: The Definition of Torah
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The Definition of Torah
Question
Why, in the Rabbi’s view, is Ethics of the Fathers not considered Torah study, while miggo is? Both of these matters are based only on personal reasoning. What is the boundary that distinguishes Torah from other wisdom?
Answer
I can’t say that Ethics of the Fathers is not Torah. What I am saying is that if it is Torah, then Dale Carnegie is also Torah.
You can’t learn miggo from anywhere else, and it also comes to clarify Jewish law, which is a command of the Holy One Blessed be He (the way to conduct a legal case).