Rabbi Sam Millunchick was the rav shaliach in Belmont United Synagogue in the UK until he returned to Israel last summer. He is a veteran Jewish educator and currently works in AI consultancy for Jewish organizations.
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Modern Orthodox Torah study, in too many of its institutional forms, has no clear telos, or purpose, at all. It tries to be both things at once – serious Torah learning and serious general education – and in the attempt it often becomes neither.
Every map needs margins. The halachic imagination admits this with elegant honesty. It names the unknown – safek, doubt – and gives it rules of its own.
Before you study, clarify your question. As you study, speak the words. After you study, note one connection to something you've learned before.


