[Avodah] Did Someone Forget Eilu v'eilu?

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, October 31, 2007 8:49 pm, Yitzhak Grossman wrote:
:> What would Ralbag do with the Mishna in Avos (5:8) that says the Pi
:> HaAson was created Erev Shabbos?

: That's exactly the point; he rejects that Mishnah!  Here is the
: beginning of his remarks (Bamidbar 22:21)...
: Note that this is not your typical peshat / derush dichotomy; Ralbag
: is not rejecting Hazal's opinion based on the written text, but is
: rather maintaining that it is philosophically untenable *on its own
: terms*.

There is a reason why the Maharal's introduction to Gevuros Hashem
takes the Ralbag to task with how tightly he embraces philosophy. In
that case, it was his rejection of the notion that nissim could defy
teva.

I would be unsurprised if conteporary O Jews take for granted things
that the Maharal did, and the chevrah respond to the Ralbag with
surprise. There are a number of baalei machashavah the RY of the 20th
century emphasized: the Kuzari, the Maharal, the Ramchal and REED seem
to top the list.

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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