Dei'ah veDibur - Information & Insight
  

A Window into the Chareidi World

29 Kislev 5764 - December 24, 2003 | Mordecai Plaut, director Published Weekly
NEWS

OPINION
& COMMENT

OBSERVATIONS

HOME
& FAMILY

IN-DEPTH
FEATURES

VAAD HORABBONIM HAOLAMI LEINYONEI GIYUR

TOPICS IN THE NEWS

HOMEPAGE

 

Produced and housed by
Shema Yisrael Torah Network
Shema Yisrael Torah Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS
Sha'arei Daas
by HaRav Eliezer HaCohen Ben Porat

Yankel was obviously displeased. Yankel, or as he is now called R' Yankel, is a fresh member of the kollel having married not long ago. He just overheard R' Eliyahu telling another member of the kollel that next zman they will be learning Chulin with an emphasis on halochoh lema'aseh in matters of bosor becholov and ta'aruvos. Yankel couldn't conceal his disappointment and decided to bitterly complain to his friend Eliyahu:

"Why can't we learn a yeshivishe masechta packed with lomdus? Chulin and Yoreh Deah will really take away from my being stimulated to learn and my enthusiasm! Imagine how difficult it will be to go through gemoras based only on highly unfamiliar halochos, and long, intricate commentaries in Yoreh Deah that take for granted I have a good knowledge of all the many fundamentals of these subjects."

"Don't worry, Yankel. Just the right sefer has been recently published for you! Sha'arei Daas on bosor becholov and ta'aruvos will make you feel that you are learning Noshim or Nezikin."

*

What indeed is unique about this sefer?

HaRav Eliezer Ben Porat covers the main topics of issur veheter one by one, explains them well, cites the different shittos, and goes into them in depth. Needless to say this will be of great interest to those talmidei chachomim already proficient in these halochos; they will find in Shaarei Daas unique definitions, fine distinctions and topnotch chidushei dinim.

But even if you never learned these subjects, if it is the first time you have ventured out of Noshim and Nezikin, with this sefer you will not have any trouble in comprehending the topics treated in Chulin and immersing yourself in them.

Shaarei Daas, meaning gates of wisdom, puts the yeshivishkeit back into these subjects. If you are looking for the famous R' Chaim on taam ke'ikar, notes about the R' Shimon on bitul berov, questions on the R' Elchonon on heter beheter, an analysis of the R' Shmuel on heter mitztareif le'issur, or a new way of understanding the Chazon Ish on chatichah na'aseis neveilah, you will be simply delighted to find them in this sefer.

Chaburos will be easier to prepare with such an expert mentor at your fingertips, and one's rischa de'Oraisah and full engrossment in the sugyos will be greatly enhanced.

This 289-page sefer, in which appear enthusiastic approbations of eminent roshei yeshiva, ends in a detailed index according to the Shas, Shulchan Oruch and Poskim, and a separate index according to subjects to enable one to quickly find what he is seeking.

Doubtless, with HaRav Porat's sefer our R' Yankel will feel when learning Chulin as if he is back in the yeshiva, and at the end of the zman will be well- versed in its halochos and lomdus.

 

All material on this site is copyrighted and its use is restricted.
Click here for conditions of use.