“One must first fill himself with knowledge of Tanach, Mishna, Babylonian and Jerusalem Talmuds, Tosefta, Mechilta, Sifre and all other baraisos. Then he should discuss and debate his learning with his colleagues. By studying in this sequence, one attains the splendor of Torah. One who changes this arrangement, however, and studies how to debate before knowing one Mishnah openly, will forfeit even the little Torah he heard in his youth.” – Vilna Gaon, Even Shelaimah 8:2
"As long as Orthodoxy maintains stubbornly: 'No, we shall concern ourselves only with the study of Talmud and the legal codes, but not with aggadah, not ethics, not Kabbalah, not scientific research, not the knowledge of the world, and not Chassidism,' it impoverishes itself. And against this I shall continue to wage battle." – Rav Avraham Yitzchak Kook
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