Chelek 34, Va'eschanan 1 - Mrs. Freidy Yanover
Jul 17, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
Chelek 34, Va'eschanan 1 - Mrs. Freidy Yanover
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Jul 17, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
Chelek 34, Va'eschanan 1 - Mrs. Freidy Yanover
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When considering this story in the Talmud that relates that Rabbi Zehra fasted 100 times in order to forget his learning from Babylonia, of the Babylonian Talmud, so that it would not distract him from his learning in the land of Israel, becomes very curious.
How was it permissible to forget all the Torah he had studied in Babylonia if one who forgets even one thing he learned transgresses a prohibition? And in this case, it's the entire Babylonian Talmud we're talking about.
In other words, his entire intention was so that he could study the Talmud the Jerusalem Talmud properly, but it doesn't seem to be okay that in order to fulfill one mitzvah, he transgresses a prohibition to forget Torah so that he can then apply himself to learning Torah, for which there is no guarantee of his success.
Like you may not transgress so that you can observe a positive commandment, even when the observance of that commandment is a sure thing, And while the Mishnah continues and states, one has really only transgressed if this was an intentional separation from the knowledge he had or removal of the knowledge he had.
And the Talmud supports this saying, one might think that one is guilty of this transgression.
It's when a person removes himself intentionally In this story, we have Rebbe Zerah intentionally fasting in order to forget the Torah he learned in Babylonia.
Likely, these hundred days of fasting, in order to forget the Babylonian Talmud, if Zerah wasn't learning the Babylonian Talmud, that would be defeating his own purpose, in which case he was intentionally removing himself from learning or removing this learning.
When considering this story in the Talmud that relates that Rabbi Zehra fasted 100 times in order to forget his learning from Babylonia, of the Babylonian Talmud, so that it would not distract him from his learning in the land of Israel, becomes very curious.
How was it permissible to forget all the Torah he had studied in Babylonia if one who forgets even one thing he learned transgresses a prohibition? And in this case, it's the entire Babylonian Talmud we're talking about.
In other words, his entire intention was so that he could study the Talmud the Jerusalem Talmud properly, but it doesn't seem to be okay that in order to fulfill one mitzvah, he transgresses a prohibition to forget Torah so that he can then apply himself to learning Torah, for which there is no guarantee of his success.
Like you may not transgress so that you can observe a positive commandment, even when the observance of that commandment is a sure thing, And while the Mishnah continues and states, one has really only transgressed if this was an intentional separation from the knowledge he had or removal of the knowledge he had.
And the Talmud supports this saying, one might think that one is guilty of this transgression.
It's when a person removes himself intentionally In this story, we have Rebbe Zerah intentionally fasting in order to forget the Torah he learned in Babylonia.
Likely, these hundred days of fasting, in order to forget the Babylonian Talmud, if Zerah wasn't learning the Babylonian Talmud, that would be defeating his own purpose, in which case he was intentionally removing himself from learning or removing this learning.
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