[Avodah] FW: chemotherapy

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 05:27:15PM +0000, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
: RMB's post seems to presume, or at least suspect, that Eis Laasos
: and Horaas Shaah are two different things. But my suspicion is that
: Eis Laasos is the source pasuk which justifies the concept of Horaas
: Shaah. For if the permission to make a Horaas Shaah does not come from
: Eis Laasos, then where *does* it come from?

My post is trying to prove it.

: Also: Horaas Shaah, as defined in the Rambam which RMB cited, refers
: only to *temporary* gezeros. Surely the absence of Shofar on Shabbos is
: a permanent measure, so we can still search for other examples...

He writes "lefi hasha'ah" -- the trigger is of the moment. It doesn't
say that it much be "temporary" afterward. "La'aqor davar minhatorah"
is exactly the lashon used for shofer on Shabbos RH.

OTOH, eis laasos is used to decribe Eliyahu behar haKarmel, which has
nothing to do with sheiv ve'al ta'aseh (regardless of whether temporary)
and thus unlike the usual "koach beyad beis din la'aqor".

The Rambam's description of horaas sha'ah doesn't fit the textbook case
of eis la'asos, so I figured they much be different things.

It also relies on the word *hora'ah* and the power of BD, and therefore
would apply to Eliyahu doing something based on nevu'ah ouside any role
he may have had in BD.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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