[Avodah] Must we agree with the Torah?

[Zev Sero]

On 14/08/2013 2:06 AM, Daniel M. Israel wrote:
> I'm missing a step in your comment.  How does RYS's chiluk answer the
> question?  REBA seems to be explicitly rejecting tiqun hayeitzer as
> you have defined it.

I don't think he's rejecting this at all.  What he's rejecting is sour
grapes; saying that "dragons don't eat meat that comes from little piggies
that have dirty little feet", i.e. I wouldn't eat it even if it were
permitted, so its prohibition is no burden to me.  Unless, of course, that
is actually the case; I don't think he advocates deliberately developing
a desire for something assur where none existed before!  (Remember that
Chazal explicitly said about some issurim that nobody would want them
anyway, and they only exist so as to painlessly increase our zechuyos.
I doubt REBA is disputing that.  I think he's talking only about those
issurim that one actually would enjoy if they were permitted.)

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