Nope, don’t know anyone who is a real, solid talmid chochom, who did not first spend a while exclusively involved in learning. And even if you find me an exception, I still do not believe it is normally possible. I’m not talking about someone who has a few yedios and can klerr pshat in a R’ Chaim or even someone who knows Mishna Brura backwards and forwards; by a solid talmid chochom I mean someone who knows shas and poskim cold and has the capacity to give it over to klal yisroel. As Popa said, it’s simply foolish to assume someone can become a top brain surgeon while attending law school at the same time he is in medical school. An amateur yes, but not a specialist. I simply don’t believe it, and I am talking from experience.
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