[Avodah] New king

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Jan 2, 2008 6:49 AM, Michael Makovi <mikewinddale at gmail.com> wrote:

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> An interesting example that comes to mind is in Chullin: everyone
> knows from the Chumash m'farshim (inc. Rashi) that Vayikra we were
> commanded to eat all our meat as a shelamim, and then in Devarim we
> are allowed chullin, nachon? But in Mesechet Chullin, this is a
> machloket between Rabbi Yishmael (who holds the opinion just given)
> and Rabbi Akiva (who holds that according to Vayikra, in the desert,
> we could eat chullin that was stabbed, and in Devarim we are commanded
> to shecht our chullin). Now, all the m'farshim follow Rabbi Yishmael,
> even though they would follow Rabbi Akiva l'maaseh.
>
> Mikha'el Makovi
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this is much more pervasie than this one example

Read Gmara.  Read Artscroll on any Gmara. Virtually EVERYONE learns Gmara
like Rashi
Read the Tur nd the Bet Yosef.  how often do we PASKEN like Rashi when there
is a machlokes?  Answerr RARELY [tefillin is a big excpetion]

We are in a subset of the univesrse that LEARNS the classical authoritaive
texts like Rashi but pasken almost invariably like Tosafos or Rambam or
Rashba,  etc.

Stam mishna Kerabbi Me'r but how often does r. Me'ir triumph over his
colleagues? R. Me'ir FRAMEd the mishna but NOT the Halachic controversies
with the Mishnah.

Certainly Mishna Eduyos [currentlyin the Mishna yomis cycle] seems to imply
that there is a benefit for preserving rejecting opinions.  Rejected
opinions can make BETTER sense [to either individuals or even to the
masses]  but for some reason are not normative.  And that is really nothing
very new to me.

After all Acharei Rabbim lehatos is a principle of Halachah.

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Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
see: http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/
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