[Avodah] New king

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Dec 31, 2007 1:22 AM, <T613K at aol.com> wrote:

>
> When there is a machlokes in Chazal that has halachic implications, we are
> not entitled to personal opinions.  You can't follow Bais Shammai re Chanuka
> lights, for example, just because that appeals to you.  You have to follow
> halachic process and ask shailos etc.
>
> But when there is a machlokes about how to understand a particular pasuk,
> I don't see why we shouldn't be entitled to personal opinions.   I can't see
> anything wrong with saying, "This interpretation seems more plausible to
> me."
>
>
>
> *--Toby Katz
> =============*
>

When the Torah says don't eat BLOOD are we entitled so say we LIKE to eat
Blood?

The Gmara says YES

Kal Vachomer if hazal PASKEN one way does not mean I have to check my brain
at the door and say I like the other way beter, Hazla merely ask us to
FOLLOW the psak not to "obsequiescently" agree to it.

When I learned Gm'ara as a kid I don't recall any rebbe giving me a hard
time because I preferred R.Me'ir's svra over his bar plugta even though we
did NOT pasken like him!  I don't recall any issur for "feeling" that the
halachah would be nice if we did it differently!   We are bound to a
particular shita in deed, not in sevara!

-- 
Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
see: http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/
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