[Avodah] better not to have been born

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From: Micha Berger _micha at aishdas.org_ (mailto:micha at aishdas.org) 

>>...That's  R' Elazar on Pesachim 87b, using the lashon "Lo hiflah HQBH es
Yisrael levein  ha'umos ela kedei sheyosifu lahem geirim."

And yet we know there are  other reasons, such as our needing an
onesh.

Why does R"E use such  absolute language? <<

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

 
>>>>>
 
"Lo asah X eleh kedei she Y" or "eleh mipnei she Y" is a very common  
formulation in old Hebrew -- there are dozens of examples in Rashi on the  
Chumash,  generally quoting Chazal -- and is just the way the language  works.  It 
is not meant to be understood literally as "this is  absolutely the one and 
only reason why."  It's just an  expression.
 
--Toby Katz
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