[Avodah] Simchas Shabbos : was Hot Cheese for Shabbat Lunch

[Daniel Israel]

Richard Wolpoe wrote:
> Tngentially I'm not sure how it came about that if Ga'onim are closer to 
> the Talmud how come Rishonim over-rule them anyway?
> 
> Is being close in time and place a factor or not?
>  
> Niskatnu?

AIUI, within an "era" we go by the later authorities.  Do we consider 
the ga'onim distinct from the Rishonim in this sense?  It would seem 
not.  (IOW, is "Gaonic" a halachic concept?)

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Daniel M. Israel
dmi1 at cornell.edu