Running on Jewish Time: The One Who Does Not Know to Ask

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

The One Who Does Not Know to Ask

The Sfas Emet saith:

This is not an ignoramous.
This is not a little child.

This the guy who has a question and doesn't ask.

So we teach him how to.

7 Comments:

I typed something really dumb and deleted it. There are always those of us who sit and listen and never ask. I tend to be one of those people. And I miss out on a lot of knowledge.

By Eshet Chayil, at 12:19 PM, April 05, 2006
Seems to me these days "they" don't want us asking anything. Its better to be sheep, do you agree?

By FrumGirl, at 2:19 PM, April 05, 2006
I have to say...I'm like Eshet...
I never asked anything in class...I truly missed out

By David_on_the_Lake, at 9:15 PM, April 05, 2006
So he's in fact the closest to the Chacham?

By Pragmatician, at 4:22 AM, April 06, 2006
lo habayshan lomaid.

one of the reasons that the seder and the hagada is in question/answer form is to promote interest and learning.

Unfortunately, I have to agree with frumgirl, nowadays it seems like teachers would rather not be asked.

By A Frum Idealist, at 10:25 AM, April 06, 2006
It's does seem that teachers don't want us to ask anymore but I think it has more to do with a lack of patience than anything else.

By ayala, at 11:03 AM, April 06, 2006
Many people with FFB upbringing and education seem to have the experience of being discouraged from asking questions. In the book _Off the Derech_ this is mentioned as one of the things that turn kids off being frum. As a veteran BT (35 yrs)I can say that my exposure to this dubious phenomenon almost turned me off before I ever got started. Fortunately the Torah was more powerful than the stupidity of some of its representatives. The Torah is about asking questions. Period. Rav Shach zt"l used to say "When you ask a question, you open a door. When you give an answer, you close the door."

By Yehoshua Friedman, at 2:55 PM, April 17, 2006