[Avodah] tannur shel achnai

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Akiva:
>           .... If there is a *genuine* safek (whatever that might mean),
> the Torah allows us to do what we want, and it is "only" d'rabanan that
> we are told to go l'chumra.

> Therefore, in the case of a genuine sfeik sfeika, what we actually
> have is a safek on whether or not the "safek d'Oraisa l'chumra" rule
> is in effect. In other words, it is a safek d'rabanan. And on that,
> even the rabanan allow us to go l'kula.
> Akiva Miller

Machlokes Rishonim
Rambam is as above
Rashba holds sfeik d'oraisso is lehumra d'oraisso and holds s'feik
s'feika is al pi Rov

See the Shach's kuntros hasfeikos and the gazillions of peirushim on it.

KT
RRW
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