[Avodah] sefirah perushim and zadukim

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Wed Apr 29 15:22:37 PDT 2009


T613K at aol.com wrote:

> You have put your finger on one of most ironic things about the Tzadokim 
> and the later Kara'im -- namely, that they perforce developed their own 
> "Torah shebe'al peh."

Maybe, but not in this case.  In this case their way seems supported
by pashtus haksuvim.  In any case, their objection is not to tradition
as such, but to attributing those traditions to Sinai, and therefore
considering them binding.

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