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The Litvish Shiur (Brisker Derech) דער ליטווישער שיעור (בריסקער דרך)

The shiur klali, lomdus and "Reb Chaim's chakira": how a sugya is taken apart piece by piece

The Litvish shiur, especially in the Brisker derech of Rabbi Chaim Brisker, breaks a sugya into clear concepts ("two dinim", "cheftza and gavra") to understand the positions of the Rishonim.

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Contents (3)

Reb Chaim's derech
The "chakira"
A Chasidish view

Reb Chaim's derech

The Brisker derech was developed by Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik, known as Reb Chaim Brisker, and later spread to yeshivas worldwide ^[1]. Instead of treating a sugya as one whole, one breaks it into its foundations and asks: what is the definition of this din? ^[1]

The "chakira"

At the heart of the shiur is the famous chakira: is this a din in the object (cheftza) or in the person (gavra)? Is it one din or "two dinim"? ^[1] Such a distinction can resolve a dispute among the Rishonim. In a yeshiva the rosh yeshiva gives the "shiur klali" to the whole yeshiva, and the bochurim prepare beforehand with their chavrusa.

A Chasidish view

A Chasid at his first Litvish shiur hears "two dinim" and wonders: will there be one kugel at the kiddush, or two? As they say in Brisk: it's a chakira.