[Avodah] 613 or 620?

[Micha Berger]

On Sun, December 23, 2007 6:48 pm, Richard Wolberg wrote:
: The following from Chabura-Net's Home Page, is very instructive and
: worth studying:
...
: Rambam states that the first type of commandment that cannot be
: included in his list is any commandment of Rabbinic origin (mitzva
: d’rabbanan). While this would seem to be an obvious criteria when
: trying to list only those commandments that are found in the Torah,
: Rambam is responding to the list of the Behag, who listed, among other
: things, the commandment to light candles on Chanukah and to read the
: Megilla on Purim, two commandments that were clearly made by the
: Rabbis at the appropriate times in history.

I recently referred the chevrah to a blog entry of mine on the topic
of safeiq derabbanan lehaqeil. Since safeiq de'oraisa lehachmir is
itself a derabbanan, it could be that they simply excluded lo sasur
from the taqanah.

This would also connect the question of whether the 613, keneged
eivarim + gidim, includes the 7 derabbanan or not to the question of
whether dinim derabbanan, taqanos and gezeiros cause a metaphysical
chalos.

Rather than repeat the summary of the blog entry here, I invite those
who didn't (or want a refresher) to see
<http://www.aishdas.org/asp/2007/07/safeiq-derabbanan.shtml>.

SheTir'u baTov!
-micha

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