[Avodah] Baal Nefesh

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From: "Rich, Joel" <>
..noticed that while the gemara uses it sparingly (4 times or so) Rashi
defines it as chassid which is used with much greater frequency. This
got me to thinking as to why the gemara would use 2 terms for the same
concept (if indeed this is the case).
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I don't quite understand what you are saying here, but it may be of interest
that Rashi in Beitzah 15: writes:
"Baalei Nefesh hem, ve'einom yegei'in lishmo'a Torah".
Which is a totally different description of BN...

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