[Avodah] Distinguishing Peshat from Derash

[Zev Sero]

Rabbi Y. H. Henkin wrote:

> Derash, aggadic and homiletic exposition, constitutes the main
> non-legal exegetical activity of the rabbis of the Talmud and Midrash.

"Non-legal"?  AIUI, derash is the primary mode of halacha, and overrides
peshat.

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