How to Think Like the Gemara: Structure, Questions & Depth | Intro to Talmud Learning 2

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Peretz Segal’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Do you see what I've got in my hand? >> That's exactly right. [music] me doing here today which is practicing the power of analytical depth in order to uncover the hidden dimension the hidden dimension of the world. And there's probably in my mind no better and more accessible practicing ground than the study of Gumarra because the study of Gumar is a simil it's a it's it's it's it's the same process just in a different platform. What is a process of Gumar? You present it with a text. Present with a text and the text is cryptic. It has an appearance but the appearance isn't an appearance but the appearance isn't what it is underneath the surface. And by carefully unpacking and delving into [clears throat] it, analyzing and thinking beyond what appears to the eye, you discover there's another dimension and then another dimension and then another dimension. And therefore, by practicing the art of learning amora, you start to become a deeper thinker in all areas of your life. Provided you make a conscious effort, which is so important to do what's called bridging. It's not enough that you become, and some people do this. Unfortunately, we're not naturally we're not naturally prone towards integration. We become very focused and compartmentalized. So, you do get people who are world famous in Sweden. Doesn't help if you come from even Norway perhaps. You have people who are extremely clever in math but for somehow they don't necessarily transport that computation skill to other areas of life. They don't abstract it and find out what is what is math

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