Reply To: For PF to Vicariously Rant Endlessly About the Over-Emphasis of Iyun through PAA

The Seraph of Brisk Reb Yehoshua Leib Diskin p.68-69:

Reb Yehoshua Leib gave a daily shiur in the yeshivah, which was unique in it’s breadth and depth. He also demanded that his students excel in bekius, and discipline themselves to continuosly persevere in their studies. Reb Yehoshua Leib explained why he demanded his students excel in bekius rather than in iyun, which was the chosen style of his shiurim, as follows: True Torah study consists of a combination of bekius and sevarah yesharah. Sevarah Yesharah does not mean superficial reasoning. Rather, it’a a fundamental and penetrating investigation of the sugya combined with taking into account all of the logical possibilities. My shiur is built upon the foundations of iyun, and if one acquires the necessary bekius, he can succeed in truly understanding what he studies.