ROI120

I was lucky enough to participate in the ROI120 conference in Jerusalem this month.  It was fun.  My favorite part was a lecture given by Ruth Calderon, who founded Alma, the secular yeshiva in Tel Aviv.  She taught a piece from Bava Metziah.  I haven't read anything from Bava Metziah since I was but a young yeshiva lad.  This is my favorite line from her lesson:

כי איני יודע שיפה אמרתי

Rav Yochanan, whose spirit and health are weak, says this to a young yeshiva lad who is trying to make him feel better.  The young yeshiva lad is trying to convince the Rav that the Halacha is on the Rav's side after he has had a bitter argument with Resh Lakish, a badboy who the Rav, long ago, had won over into the study of Torah.  

Anybody want to quit work and go study at Alma?