[Avodah] seder

[Micha Berger]

I find it interesting that RSBA takes it for granted we aren't supposed
to eat a kezayis. There was a time when the majority made a point of
eating a kezayis. And as already mentioned in passing, this might have
been shitas haRambam. See also the Maggid Mishnah. The Rosh and the Rashba
(shu"t #202) says it's not mandatory -- but still reads as though that's
the lechatchilah. Hagahos Maiminios corrects the text of the Yad to this
position as well.

The SA's opinion won out (c.f. QSA and MB)... but perhaps only nispasheit
within our own lifetimes.

In this case it reversed the norm for this kind of chumrah -- away from
shitas haRambam. The tzad hashaveh appears to be a growing emphasis on
avoiding questions. Such as the berakhah acharonah on karpas (not that we
make a berakhah acharonah on qaddeish) and birkhas hamitzvah on rochtzah.

:-)||ii!
-Micha

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