[Avodah] B'Din Heseiba L'Ikuva

[Harry Maryles]

  Cantor Wolberg <cantorwolberg at cox.net> wrote:
  ... the one thing I'd like to submit regarding from the gemara 
Pesachim: "Matzah is a D Oraisa - a biblical commandment.
In our day Maror is only a DRabbanan - a rabbinic requirement....
By eating them together - the DRabbanan of Maror will then void the 
DOraisa of Matzah."

I was always under the impression that by violating the DRabbanan, you 
are actually committing two aveiros since
we are commanded to obey DRabbanan from DOraisa. This would be similar 
to making a brocho "...asher kidshanu b'mitzvosav
v'tzivanu..." over Shabbos or Chanukah candles (and others). You can 
argue it's DRabbanan, so how can you say "asher kidshanu"?
But that's exactly the point. DRabbanan takes on the same (or more) 
than DOraisa. Hence, how can the DRabbanan of Maror void the
DOraisa of Matzah?  -----------------------
   
  The power of all D'Rabbanans is derived of the D'Oraisa of Lo Sasur. So in that sense they are D'Oraisos. But they do not carry the same weight as a D'Oraisa since each D'Rabbanan is man made. 
   
  One might ask, what is the rationale for why the D'Rabbanan of Maror negates the D'Oraisa of Matzah? 
   
  Tosephos in Zevachim (78A) explains that it is based on the Halachic concept of Bitul Taam. This means that something that cannot be tasted is considered non existent. Although normally combining two foods with these proportions would not usually weaken the taste of either,  Maror is an exception in that its taste is very strong and overwhelms the taste of the Matzah. That makes it Halachicly non existent.
   
  This raises a difficulty with Rav Soloveitchik’s answer to R. Shlomo HaKohen M’Vilna. Since the Maror has such a strong taste, how can he say that the in Korech the Matzah overwhelms the taste of the Maror?
   
  The answer is given by the Meiri 
which is the crux of R’ Shlomo HaKohen’s solution. The Meiri holds that we are required to demonstrate our reverence for the Mitzvah by not allowing its taste to become affected by anything of lesser importance. That is why the SA paskins that we must eat Matzah, a D’Oriasa, without it being affected by the taste of a food item of lesser importance
 in this case: Maror. But when the two are equal
 as in the case of Korech  where the Chiuv for Maror and the Chiuv for Matzah B’Heseibah is equal. In that case neither one can undermine the other since our reverence for the Mitzvah – defined by its equal Halachic status – is the same.
   
  Rav Soloveitchik’s point is that they are not equal. The Maror’s basic requirement of Achila has not been performed at all. The requirement of Matzah B’Heseibah is of lesser significance since it is only that portion of Sipur required to be demonstrated by the act of Heseibah. Hence our reverence for the now greater Chiuv D’Rabbaban of Maror requires us to show our reverence for the Mitzvah by not allowing the taste of the Maror to be effected by the taste of the Matzah.
   
   
   


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