Editing Mesechtas Kinim (section)

== The Rebbe's Explanations ==
At the end of the tractate, it states that the understanding of Torah scholars becomes settled upon them. The explanation is that learning in old age is when the understanding of Torah scholars becomes settled upon them, and they learn with a settled mind rather than with pilpul (sharp analysis). The intent is not that wisdom is added to them, but rather that mental composure is added to them.

For this reason, Rabbi Yosi ben Kisma says in Tractate Shabbat that "two are better than three," meaning that the two legs of a young man are preferable to the three legs of an elderly person (two legs and a walking stick). According to the simple meaning, this statement is difficult to understand, because certainly the two healthy legs of a young person are preferable to an elderly person who walks with a cane.

The Rebbe explains that his intention is to emphasize the advantage of youth when learning follows the path of pilpul, compared to learning in old age when the understanding of Torah scholars becomes settled upon them, and they learn with a settled mind rather than with pilpul, despite the other advantage that exists for the elderly - their friends and students who make them wiser "more than all others."
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