[Avodah] Freedom of exegesive interpretation

[Rich, Joel]

On the Mishnah Nazir 5:5, the Tosafot Yom Tov writes:

	although in the Gemara it wasn't explained thus, since regarding
the law
	(din) there is no difference whatsoever (between the
interpretation of the
	Talmud and that suggested by the TYT), permission has been
granted to
	interpret [differently, according to one's own POV --af], since
I do not see
	any difference between the interpretation of Mishnah and of
Scripture, for
	permission is granted to interpret Scripture, as our eyes see
the
	compositions of interpretations since the days of the Gemara.
However, it
	must be that he shall not decide and interpret any law (din)
such that it
	would contradict the opinion of the ba'alei hagemara.

KT,
--
Arie Folger
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Sounds like a version of "Judaism is a religion of deed not creed" - you
can interpret anything anyway you want as long as you don't act
differently from the din?
KT
Joel Rich
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