Today's title is not only a famous phrase from the Talmud, but also the term used for afternoon Hebrew/Religious Schools in America and Europe during the earlier parts of the 20th century.
The Talmud on Kiddush 40b (yes, the Babylonian Talmud uses folio numbers for page numbers, and it is accepted to announce these page numbers) discusses a debate between two great rabbis. Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon debated a concept at the heart of leading an active life; which is more important--study or action?
Rabbi Tarfon says action.
Rabbi Akiva says study.
The debate in the Talmud is quickly put to rest as those involved agree with Rabbi Akiva.
Why do you think study is more important than action?
If you disagree, first think of why R' Akiva's position is upheld, and then explain your perspective.
If you agree, what is wrong with action, and why does Rabbi Tarfon have his opinion?
Good luck. You don't have to use voice thread, but feel free to make a video acting out the Rabbis' views and coming to a conclusion to the questions.
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Without study in life, one could not preform action. For example, if a baby nevers learns how to walk, or to talk, then how could they make it in the world? They wouldn't. They would be sittting around all day in their fourties, still eating the finest Gerber Baby food.
If we never studied, we would not know HOW to act.
Simple as that.
I agree with Sarah. If we didn't study first, we could not take action. However, we could take action, but it would most likely be the wrong action. In our lives, there is time for both. We just choose how we use it. Some take action more often than they study and vice versa. Work hard, play hard.
Sami's Post:
i asked my father about what you said and we debbated it by ourselves i thought acting on it would be better because your actually acting on however my father thought 2 things sometimes texts have two meanings and how would you know that without studying his 2 thing he thought was if you study something so much how could you not act on it. i didnt want to say i liked my fathers point of view but i do so for my final answer i would have to say study
Wthout study out lives would go nowhere. For nothing in life comes easy or without at least a little work.
If you do not study, then how would you know what to do. It is pointless to do any action without studying it first, in the talmud. Yeah....... all i can say
I am on the fence about thus quote. On one hand common sense is something that every human has... and that doesn't require studying out of a book. On the other hand, studying is a very important skill to have. Studying is most of the reason that we know what we know today.
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