I looked up hespedim about R’Falk and saw one that admiringly describes the phenomenon I saw in other places: at the firs hilchos shabbos class at Gateshead, he pointed out that there are a couple of things that many make mistake in… Girls were dismayed when they realized it – and ran to the phones to call their mothers and teach them! The article does not mention what the issue was, unfortunately, so I can’t evaluate the issue on the merits, but now I do have a bad feeling about where my family stands.
There are only 2 days to the BIG shabbos, so could someone who called or got a call from Gateshead share it with us? I think you can share Torah for free even if you paid high tuition for it.
Hesped also says that “of course” R Falk “was the last person” to encourage girls to learn Gemorah, but he would refer to machlokes in Gemroah when explaining material. This should be called “skirting the issue”.