[Avodah] Freedom of exegesive interpretation

[Rich, Joel]

Or, to take a mishnah, for example. We just learned the mishnah of the
one that was married to three wives, who had ketubot granting them
different respective amounts, which could not be paid out by the
inheritance left behind by their deceased husband. When Shemuel and Rav
Ya'aqov of Nehar Peqod interpret the mishnah as an oqimta, must it be
that that is what Rav Natan (the author of that mishnah) meant, or can
we suggest other interpretations? 
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Arie Folger
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Great example. If you mean that there would be a nafka mina lhalacha,
IIUC most current day authorities would say that unless much earlier
generations suggested an interpretation, we can not, even if when we
flew around the world backwards (superman reference) we found that our
interpretation was really what Rav Natan had in mind when he made the
original statement.   

Anything else gets you listed on the members of the academy website.

KT
Joel Rich


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