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Berachos 018: How Did People Learn in the Time of the Gemara?
Dovid Kent asks:
On this daf there is a story about the children of Rav Chiya who were
pained because they forgot their learning when going out to work on their
family fields (that's the way I understand it).
How did they learn after the Mishnoyos were written down? Memory, scrolls?
If it was memory they sure had a lot to remember. How did people learn?
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The Kollel replies:
Dear Dovid,
(a) Originally, Torah she'Ba'al Peh was learned totally by memory, with
countless reviews. (If Hashem so commanded, it is humanly possible to
remember it!)
(b) After the Mishnayos were written down (see Bava Metzia 33b and Rashi DH
b'Yemei Rebbi) for the reason) and became easier to learn, the Gemara was
still learned by memory but the Mishnayos were preserved in scrolls. For
example, Rebbi Chiya wrote and publicized Mishnayos scrolls; see Bava
Metzia 85b.
All the best,
Reuven Weiner
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