Pilpul is not so much a method of learning as it is a method of applying one's learning. It is thought to have started with R' Yaakov Pollak in the 15-16th century, and involves the linking together of disparate texts on the basis of lexical and thematic similarities.

2018年3月26日 · What is the source for referring to the known method of Talmudic study a "pilpul"? When did this usage begin?

I don't see how your example applies: Lo B'SHamayim Hi is invoked when there is a disagreement between the majority opinion (and decision) of the court and a heavenly supported minority opinion. In the case of Zelphehad's daughters, if no majority decision was arrived at, where should have Lo B'SHamayim Hi been invoked?

2016年10月31日 · The Beis HaLevi, the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rashab, and the Aruch HaShulchan among many others already ruled against the cuttlefish. To your two statements about the chilazon being a fish or snail and the supposed lumdish answers the need more pilpul, you need to start from the beginning. What does the word chilazon mean?

R' Moshe Weiner brings an answer in the Sefer Sheva Mitzvot (translated into English as The Divine Code). He distinguishes two ways of learning: One might delve deep into the reasons for the rulings, trace the derivations, engage in pilpul. Or one might learn more shallowly, learning the practical halacha but not the reasons behind it.

2015年6月23日 · If this was clear, he might continue by studying the other Rishonim presented in the back of the Gemara, although he would avoid pilpul. My grandfather ז”ל, who grew up in the Frankfurt IRG recalled that in the yeshiva, they also stressed the learning of Tanach, including Nevi'im and Ketuvim, not only Torah itself.

Then, in the time of Yose ben Yoezer, the end of the Eshkalos (Ish she'hakol bo; those who knew everything - see Rashi on the sugya in Temurah), the rabbanim stopped knowing everything and began to get confused, mixing up the kabalah going all the way back to Moshe Rabbeinu and the pilpul, with each side sure that one of the 2 sides, which ...

2015年2月26日 · Nevertheless he is allowed to go to the toilet or bathroom even in the middle of Pilpul and an undecided Halacha, and we are not concerned that he will think there (whereas we are concerned about this for Tefilah) and even if he will think about it by force majeure against his will this is an Oneis.

2023年6月4日 · Hard to find a source for my answer, but based on experience, this is what is going on. In Rava's day, there was a record of Rav Chisda's statement, but there was a lack of clarity in what was the reasoning (either a debate about it, or it was just missing). Rava is therefore demonstrating the reasoning by laying out a pilpul, thus resolving the ambiguity and …

2024年4月21日 · I've websearched all over for both the weekday and the Shabbat linear Metsudah siddurim (nusach Ashkenaz). Jewish booksellers are out of stock or have only nusach Sefard. Used copies are expensive or