[Avodah] Zman Simchateinu - rejoinder to RRW

[Jonathan Baker]

RRW has been regaling us with his theory about Zman Simchateinu 
necessarily corresponding to a historical commemoration of the
dedication of the Temple.

I feel he has put the cart before the horse: Zman Simchateinu
is part of the Biblical definition of Sukkot, while the Temple
came about almost 500 years later.

I have an extended rejoinder here:
http://thanbook.blogspot.com/2007/10/zman-simchateinu-or-not.html

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        name: jon baker              web: http://www.panix.com/~jjbaker
     address: jjbaker at panix.com     blog: http://thanbook.blogspot.com